The Indonesian Audit Board (BPK) found that many provincial governments (pemprov) have not optimally empowered impoverished communities.
This BPK finding is recorded in the Summary of Semester Audit Results (IHPS) I 2022 report, released on October 4, 2022.
The BPK conducted a performance audit of the 34 provincial governments in Indonesia in tackling poverty during the 2021 fiscal year.
The results showed that 30 provincial governments had not provided access to business capital for impoverished citizens.
Furthermore, 19 provincial governments had not involved community groups, MSMEs, cooperatives, industries, and/or other partnerships in mutually beneficial schemes to sustainably improve people's living standards.
Twenty-four provincial governments were deemed to have not identified and utilized regional capital in schemes for empowering impoverished communities.
Finally, 31 provincial governments were considered not to have actively facilitated or opened market access to increase the captive market for products from poverty alleviation programs.
"This has resulted in beneficiaries being unable to productively utilize the assistance received, and provincial governments potentially being unable to increase their citizens' income," wrote the BPK in its report.
Based on these findings, the BPK recommended that governors direct the heads of Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPDs) in their respective regions, particularly to propose poverty alleviation programs/activities accompanied by:
* Facilities and/or provision of access to business capital with schemes that do not burden impoverished communities.
* Partnership schemes that can sustainably increase income.
* Compilation of a map of existing regional potential to be used for empowering impoverished communities.
* Facilities and/or provision of market access for impoverished beneficiaries to increase the captive market for products made by beneficiaries.