Numerous Social Assistance Programs Since the Pandemic: Has Poverty Decreased?

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Between September 2021 and September 2022, Indonesia's poverty rate decreased. This occurred alongside the easing of the pandemic and the significant disbursement of social assistance funds from the 2

Realized Social Assistance Spending and Poverty Rate in Indonesia (2012-2022)

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Realized Social Assistance Spending and Poverty Rate in Indonesia (2012-2022)

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Every year, the Indonesian government allocates tens to hundreds of trillions of rupiah for social assistance (bansos).

The value of this social assistance spending is recorded in the Central Government Financial Report (LKPP) released by the Ministry of Finance.

Over the past decade, the realization of social assistance spending has been fluctuating. The value increased sharply since 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

Previously, during the period 2012-2018, the realization of social assistance spending ranged from Rp49 trillion to Rp97 trillion per year.

Then in 2019, for the first time, social assistance spending exceeded Rp100 trillion.

In 2020, with the emergence of the pandemic, social assistance spending surged to over Rp200 trillion.

Amid this surge in social assistance, the percentage of Indonesia's poor population in September 2020 increased.

However, during the period September 2021-September 2022, the national poverty rate gradually decreased.

This decline in poverty occurred along with the subsiding of the pandemic, and social assistance spending in 2021-2022 remained high—above Rp160 trillion per year—as shown in the graph.

The data on the realization of social assistance spending recorded here is an accumulation of social assistance for social rehabilitation, social security, social empowerment, social protection, poverty alleviation, and disaster mitigation.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), social assistance is not the only factor influencing the poverty rate.

In the report *Poverty Profile in Indonesia September 2022*, BPS stated that national poverty is also influenced by the movement of fuel prices (BBM), prices of basic commodities, inflation rate, economic growth, household consumption, unemployment rate, and wage developments.

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