Industrial Paradigm of Multidimensional Poverty in Karawang Regency (Determinant Analysis and Policy Implementation)
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https://doi.org/10.38035/jlph.v6i6.3901Keywords:
Industrialization, Multidimensional Poverty, Inclusive Development, Regional Inequality, Poverty Alleviation PoliciesAbstract
Karawang Regency is known as one of the largest processing industry centers in West Java, with the sector's contribution of around 71 percent to GDP on a Constant Price Basis in 2024. However, the dominance of the industrial economy has not been followed by an inclusive poverty reduction: the number of absolute poor people will increase by March 2024, the open unemployment rate remains above the West Java average, and the inequality of expenditure between the poor is widening. Previous studies of the determinants of poverty have generally addressed economic, population, or environmental factors separately, and have rarely linked the structure of the industrial labor market to skills mismatches, gender inequality, and spatial vulnerability in a single industrial district. This article aims to explain the paradox, identify the determinants of multidimensional poverty in Karawang, and formulate policy implications for more inclusive industrialization. The research uses a descriptive-analytical approach with policy case studies, sourced from secondary data from the Central Statistics Agency, Regsosek/Sepakat, and regional planning documents in the Final Report of the Karawang Regency Regional Poverty Alleviation Plan 2025-2029. The results of the analysis show that poverty in Karawang is formed from the interaction of economic determinants, employment, education, health, basic services, gender, population, and coastal-rural vulnerabilities that are mutually reinforcing and cannot be overcome only through industrial growth.
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