scholarly journals Distribution of Productive Zakat for Reducing Urban Poverty in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Nur Kholis ◽  
Mugiyati
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Documentary Data ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
One Stop

Productive zakat is a strategic mechanism to help alleviate poverty. This study aims to explore the mechanism by which BAZNAS manages productive zakat in an attempt to help alleviate poverty in Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative exploratory approach. Documentary data pertaining to zakat distribution to mustahīq in the urban poor Surabaya was collected from the East Java BAZNAS office. Several interviews with the leaders of this office were also conducted to capture their views on the management of productive zakat. The results showed that to reduce the poverty of the urban poor, the BAZNAS applies a strategic distribution of productive zakat implemented through (1) a revolving capital loan to increase venture capital of the mustahīq members of MSMEs run under the qarḑ al-ḫasan contract, and (2) providing work equipment for starting or developing businesses. These mechanisms were effective in helping the poor for starting and expanding their business, hereby improving their wellbeing. It is suggested that amil zakat may increase the allocation of zakat distribution for productive purposes, rather than for one stop consumption. This study expands the understanding of the currently developed approach to zakat management and provides sound good practices in reducing poverty.

scholarly journals Urban Poverty: Community Empowerment through National Program for Community Empowerment towards in Batam City

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
National Program ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study examines community empowerment in overcoming poverty through PNPM (Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat/ National Program for Community Empowerment) - Urban in Batam City. The purpose of this study was to identify the stages of participation of the poor in PNPM activities and analyze the stages of achievement of the poor after PNPM ended, this research was carried out because there were no studies that specifically discussed the achievements of the poor after the end of PNPM, especially whether the poor who participated in PNPM activities had come out of poverty. PNPM – Urban emphasizes community participation where all activities are left to the community itself, starting from socialization, poverty identification, organization, planning, implementation, to the utilization and maintenance of the results of activities. This study uses qualitative research. Data obtained by observation and in-depth interviews with 12 informants using purposive sampling technique. The results of this study indicate that community participation is at the stage of delegation of power, but the urban poor in Batam City still depend on government assistance and have not escaped poverty. The concept of community empowerment has not been optimal in the PNPM.

scholarly journals DEPRIVATIONS OF THE URBAN POOR IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONTEXT IN THE NORTH EASTERN INDIAN STATE OF MIZORAM

2021 ◽  
pp. 436-441
Author(s):  
James L.T. Thanga ◽  
Joseph Lalremsanga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Index ◽  
The Poor

It is now widely accepted that poverty everywhere is no longer a question of lack of income or insufficient calorie intake, it has broadened to include several areas of deprivation such as inadequate housing, health & nutrition, assets, etc. So, multidimensional poverty index has been developed and used to examine the levels deprivations of people on basic necessities of life. Multidimensional poverty index has been constructed based on the sample survey data to examine deprivation of the poor people living in urban areas of Mizoram, India. It is observed that a quarter of the urban poor are severely deprived, while substantial proportion of the poor can easily fall back to severe deprivation with a slight change in their access to basic necessities of life. KEY WORDS: Multidimensional Poverty Index, Deprivation, Urban Poverty, Assets, Standard of Living, Health & Nutrition, Financial Inclusion.

Assessing Flood-Related Vulnerability of the Urban Poor

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendricus Andy Simarmata ◽  
Anna-Katharina Hornidge ◽  
Christoph Antweiler
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Urban Settlement ◽  
Life World ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Stock Of Knowledge ◽  
Transformative Adaptation

Urban poverty and floods are the foremost challenges for coastal cities of Southeast Asia. It is often assumed that the poor residents of a floodaffected area are mainly vulnerable. Yet, only few studies have placed flood-experienced people at the center of the vulnerability assessment. This chapter aims to explore who is vulnerable among the flood-affected urban poor and how they define flood-related vulnerability. We found that kampung residents use their flood experiences as a stock of knowledge to differentiate the level of vulnerability. Therefore, we suggest applying a life-world analysis to assess the state of vulnerability of an informal urban settlement and expect to identify the potentiality of the flood-experienced ones to organize transformative adaptation.

scholarly journals Are the Poor Digitally Left Behind? Indications of Urban Divides Based on Remote Sensing and Twitter Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Taubenböck ◽  
Jeroen Staab ◽  
Xiao Zhu ◽  
Christian Geiß ◽  
Stefan Dech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Twitter Users

Every city is—quoting Plato—divided into two, one city of the poor, the other of the rich. In this study we test whether the economic urban divide is reflected in the digital sphere of cities. Because, especially in dynamically growing cities, ready-to-use comprehensive data sets on the urban poor, as well as on the digital divide, are not existent, we use proxies: we spatially delimit the urban poor using settlement characteristics derived from remote sensing data. The digital divide is targeted by geolocated Twitter data. Based on a sample of eight cities across the globe, we spatially test whether areas of the urban poor are more likely to be digital cold spots. Over the course of time, we analyze whether temporal signatures in poor urban areas differ from formal environments. We find that the economic divide influences digital participation in public life. Less residents of morphological slums are found to be digitally oriented (“are digitally left behind”) as compared to residents of formal settlements. However, among the few twitter users in morphological slums, we find their temporal behavior similar to the twitter users in formal settlements. In general, we conclude this discussion, this study exemplifies that the combination of both heterogeneous data sets allows for extending the capabilities of individual disciplines for research towards urban poverty.

Urban poverty and vulnerability in India: A social policy perspective

Social Change ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 33-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Loughhead ◽  
Onkar Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Considerable Effort ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Individual Household ◽  
Conceptual Distinction

This article explains the characteristics of the urban poor and makes a strong case for its analysis and understanding at an individual, household and community level. The paper argues that policy makers need to make a conceptual distinction between social development and social protection during both the planning and implimentation of any antipoverty policy. To shift policy making towards this approach a considerable effort to shift in resource flows will be required. Analysis of the causes and symptoms of urban poverty needs to be improved, innovative partnership between different stakeholders (poor people as well as community leaders, governments, the pivate sector, NGOs and donors etc.) need to be developed and policy makers need to be clear about what they are trying to achieve — to raise all the poor to the improving condition and to keep them there or to continue with palliative measures which keep the poor in their vulnerable condition?

scholarly journals Learning on Harare’s streets under COVID-19 lockdown: making a story map with street youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 095624782097944
Author(s):  
Janine Hunter ◽  
Shaibu Chitsiku ◽  
Wayne Shand ◽  
Lorraine Van Blerk
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Street Youth ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Story Map ◽  
Story Maps

The COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate economic consequences on the urban poor, particularly on young people living on the streets. As the pandemic moves from acute to chronic phases, novel methodologies can be used to rapidly co-produce outputs and share learning opportunities with those living in urban poverty. A “story map” focusing on the effects of the pandemic and lockdown was co-produced by UK researchers with street children and youth and practitioners in Harare, Zimbabwe in June 2020. Story maps are web applications combining participant-generated visual media into online templates, with multimedia content supported by narrative accounts. This story map reveals young street participants’ experiences of lockdown, including the effects on their livelihoods, sources of food and support networks. Its purpose is to tell the “story” of street lives, and to provide an advocacy tool and learning resource for policymakers, academics and practitioners working with young homeless people.

scholarly journals Urban Poverty: A Study of Income Patterns and Processes of the Poor Families in Kathmandu

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45
Author(s):  
Kedar Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Decent People ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
Patterns And Processes ◽  
Urban Livelihood

The poor are highly migrate from the surrounding districts of Kathmandu valley and largely dependent on direct cash income from the informal activities. Casual wage labor, petty trade and private and professional services are common livelihood activities. However, availability of income generation activities remains largely irregular and depends on the season, gender, age of person, ethnic and education background. Foreign employment, skill-based activities and petty trade fetch the highest return. It is also found that the level of family income is determined not only by ethnic background; but there are other factors, for example family structure, working hours, nature of work and seasonality. There is a significant impact of education and working hour in household income. Poor are assets of urban economy. We could not neglect them. They are hard working and decent people. But poor policy and attitude makes them highly vulnerable in the urban environment. However, all people living in the squatter or slum are not only poor but some of them are economically well-off, though they have poor accessed of modern banking and financial institutions, in many cases, banking policies discouraged them for providing credit facilities. Key Words: Poverty Pockets; Communities; Urban; Livelihood DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/bj.v1i1.5142 Banking Journal Vol.1(1) 2011: 29-45

COVID-19 pandemic and the poor in the urban spaces of India with special reference to Mumbai

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujayita Bhattacharjee ◽  
Sanjukta Sattar
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socioeconomic Crisis ◽  
The City

PurposeThe lives of the poor in the urban spaces of India are filled with hardships. They live amidst poverty and struggle to survive within other problems such as insecure jobs, lack of proper housing, unsanitary conditions and low levels of health immunity. This vulnerable section of the population has been rendered furthermore vulnerable by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that were never imagined before. Taking this into consideration, the purpose of this article is to examine the vulnerability of the poor in the urban settings of India with special reference to Mumbai in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted in the study is based on the analysis of secondary data and content analysis of the existing literature. In addition to this, the study also makes use of certain narratives of the urban poor in Mumbai that have been captured by various articles, reports and blogs.FindingsThe findings of the study reveal how the urban poor of India, with special reference to Mumbai, the financial capital of India, has emerged as the worst sufferers of the socioeconomic crisis caused by the social distancing and lockdown measures imposed for combating the pandemic.Originality/valueThe study tries to explore the reality of the urban poor's right to the city in the wake of the pandemic.

The Heterogeneous Nature of Urban Poor Families

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Salcedo ◽  
Alejandra Rasse
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
Heterogeneous Nature ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Different Cultures

This paper addresses the scholarly debate on cultural homogeneity or heterogeneity of urban poor families. While authors such as Lewis (1959) or Wacquant (2000 ; 2001) claim that structural disadvantages are linked to a particular type of identity or culture, others such as Hannerz (1969) , Anderson (1999 ; 2002) , or Portes ( Portes and Manning, 1986 ; Portes and Jensen, 1989 ) believe that it is possible to find different behaviors, expectations, decision–making processes, and outcomes among people living in seemingly identical structural conditions ( Small et al., 2010 ). Using Santiago, Chile, as a case study, we differentiate five different cultures or identities among the poor. Those identities seem to be the product of different historical and political circumstances, as well as of different types of public policies. The paper ends with a discussion of the need for poverty reduction policies to consider these differences among the poor.

Blessed Are the Poor? Urban Poverty and the Church

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-174
Author(s):  
Melusi F. Sibanda
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poverty ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Church
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