Track: Service Systems and Service Management

Abstract

Poverty is a fairly complex problem at the regional and national levels, so the government must have the right and sustainable strategy in handling it. Indonesia is a country in the category of developing countries and has problems in terms of poverty. Education, MSEs, population growth, unemployment, economic growth are factors that trigger problems in poverty alleviation. Lamongan Regency is included in the 10 Regencies / Cities in East Java Province with the largest percentage of poor people with a percentage of 14.42% in 2017. The aim of the study was to examine and analyze the influence of educational factors, MSEs, population growth, unemployment on poverty levels directly or indirectly through economic growth. The analysis technique uses path analysis with data from 2002 to 2017. The results of the study show that the Lamongan Regency government has a commitment to improve education, MSE and economic growth. However, it is not optimal in dealing with population growth, unemployment and poverty levels. There are a number of constraints, including the measurement of poverty that is not uniform among related institutions. In addition, social and cultural factors have not been optimally considered