POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY IN BEKASI CITY

In this research, 3 studies focus, namely: (1) the development of poverty and pockets of poverty in Bekasi City, both the identification of poverty and regulations for handling poverty; (2) factors that influence the management and reduction of Poverty Pockets in Bekasi City. Poverty data from 2016 to 2024 for Bekasi City experienced a decline in 2023, with 129.4 thousand people (4.10 percent), followed by a 4.01 percent rate in 2024. This figure indicates that there are pockets of urban poverty that require government attention. Therefore, the direction of the Poverty Reduction program in Bekasi City includes: (1) Eradicating structural poverty, depression, isolation, helplessness, injustice, etc.; (2) Increasing productive economic activities (revenue generating); (3) Increasing the quality of humanresources, nutritional status, health, work ethic; and (4) Increasing community participation in social forestry development, labor-intensive.