Submission of Poverty Indicators for Ogan Komering Ulu in 2019 to the Regional Secretary of OKU

Delivering Poverty Indicators for Ogan Komering Ulu in 2019 to the Regional Secretary of OKU Dr. Drs. Ir. H. Achmad Tarmizi, S.E, MT, M.Sc, MH in the OKU Regional Secretary room.

OKU Poor Population Increases 0.16 Percent, 9th Lowest Rank in South Sumatra

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) measures poverty levels based on the poverty line (GK) which consists of two components, namely the Food Poverty Line (NFPL) and the Non-Food Poverty Line (NFPL). The food poverty line (GKM) is the value of minimum food expenditure equivalent to 2,100 kilocalories per capita per day. The non-food poverty line (NFPL) is the minimum need for housing, clothing, education and health.

Poverty Line (GK) is the sum of the QCC and QCC. Residents who have an average per capita expenditure per month under the GK are categorized as poor. The poverty line used is Rp 428,200 / capita / month in 2019 and Rp 415,785 / capita / month in 2018.

Based on the basic needs approach, there are 3 poverty indicators used. • First, the Head Count Index (HCI-P0), which is the percentage of the population below the poverty line (GK).

• Second, the Poverty Gap Index (P1) which is the average expenditure gap of each poor population against the poverty line. The higher the index value, the further the average population expenditure is from the poverty line.

• Third, the Poverty Severity Index (P2) which provides an overview of the distribution of spending among the poor.

The higher the index value, the higher the disparity in expenditure among the poor.

Using the three indicators above,

the number of poor people in Ogan Komering Ulu Regency in South Sumatra Province in 2019 increased by 0.16 Percent compared to 2018. The number of poor people in OKU Regency in 2019 was 46,840 people or 12.77 percent of the population of OKU. This number tends to increase compared to 2018, which amounted to 45,720 people or 12.61 percent of the population of OKU.

The percentage of poor people in OKU Regency is above the average in the Province of South Sumatra. The average percentage of poor people in South Sumatra Province is 12.71 percent with a total number of poor people of 1,073,740 people. When compared with 17 regencies / cities in South Sumatra the percentage of poor population in OKU Regency ranks 9th lowest.

Although the percentage of poor people has increased, the Poverty Gap Index tends to decrease from 2.56 in 2018 to 1.79 in 2019. This shows

the average expenditure of the poor is getting closer to the poverty line. This means that the efforts of the OKU Regency government to alleviate poverty are good enough. But more efforts are needed so that the poor population can cross the poverty line.

Whereas the Poverty Severity Index (P2) also tends to decrease from 0.75 in 2018 to 0.40 in 2019. This shows that the average expenditure among the poor tends to be less imbalanced.

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