ALTERNATIVE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGAL POLICIES IN IMPLEMENTING POVERTY REDUCTION

This study examines Gunungkidul Government barries in implementing poverty reduction legal policies. The research also offers the legal policy concept to reduce the poverty. The study concluded: First many legal policy have been implemented by the Gunungkidul Regency Government, including the establishment of various regulations, institutions, and poverty reduction programs. Unfortunately, there are still barriers, especially in terms of socio-economic aspects. The people of Gunungkidul have a simple culture which is the majority of people in Gunungkidul have a non-consumptive culture, so the poor criteria used by the state to assess the poor cannot capture the actual reality. Second, solutions offered in the aspects of data collection, institutions, community culture, and poverty reduction programs that are expected to become alternatives for the Gunungkidul Government in accelerating poverty reduction in the future.