Urban poverty alleviation strategies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Contrasting opportunities for community development

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-401
Author(s):  
Sonia Roitman
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Urban Poverty

scholarly journals Discourses of Institutionalization of Zakat Management System in Contemporary Indonesia: Effect of the Revitalization of Islamic Economics

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Adachi
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Management System ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Top Down ◽  
History Of

In Indonesia, zakat management was trying restructured in a top-down form based on the system followed in Malaysia and, in 1999, a related law was enacted. Although many previous studies have been conducted on zakat for its fundamental spiritual aspects and social roles, macroscopic research on its history of both theory and practice aspects is lacking. The transformation in the administrative reform of zakat, which focuses on not only the discourse of Islamic intellectuals but also the tone of the emerging Islamic economy and attitude of the management organization's practitioners and players, is important to understand the growth of Islam in Indonesia. This paper discusses how the zakat practice, which was an individual practice, expanded to include new objectives such as community development or financial inclusion without losing its original spiritual significance. Further, the paper clarifies how an institutionalized approach to zakat management helps in the development of new theoretical intervention areas and contributes to community development and empowerment, without compromising the original poverty alleviation programs. Keywords: Zakat management, Indonesia, Islamic economics

scholarly journals Urban Poverty and Vulnerability: Literature and Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Shilpa Deo*
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poverty Elimination ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Measurement Of Poverty

The Government of India has been taking various steps towards identification of the poor (and vulnerable through the Socio Economic Caste Census) and measurement of poverty with the help of various Expert Groups right from the Task Force that was set up in 1962 to the Task Force on Poverty Elimination of the NITI Aayog. There have been many researchers as well who have been suggesting the ways in which the poor and vulnerable can be identified and poverty can be measured besides the suggestions given by the Expert Groups. However, it may be considered as a ‘national shame’ if we are unable to identify the needy even after 75 years of independence. Through the review of around 100 books, research papers and articles, an attempt has been to understand the strengths and shortcomings of suggested ways to identify the poor and vulnerable and suggest a comprehensive methodology to identify the needy. Unless we are able to identify the poor and vulnerable sections of society correctly, planning and implementing poverty alleviation programmes for “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere”1 would be a futile exercise!

scholarly journals Religious Congregations and Poverty Alleviation in the Age of New Public Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marquisha Lawrence Scott ◽  
Ram A. Cnaan
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Short Term ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Public Governance

AbstractWe discuss the implications of the new public governance and its impact on the social and economic outcomes of those experiencing poverty. As members of civil society, religious congregations are actively engaged in supporting people living in poverty with short-term responses. Addressing the societal focus on economic justice and the theological traditions of four world religions, this paper seeks to encourage religious congregations into innovative, actionable responses that help to offer long-term responses that align with poverty alleviation. We propose two approaches—community development and financial development— that serve as models for religious congregations interested in alleviating poverty.

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