THE ORIGIN AND JOURNEY OF POVERTY Preliminary Studi of Nagari Transformation.

THE ORIGIN AND JOURNEY OF POVERTY
Preliminary Studi of Nagari Transformation
Oleh
Endry Martius
Nomor Kontrak : 018/SPPP/PP/DP3M/IV/2005
ABSTRACT
Poverty can be sensibly identified in terms of low economic condition of human life.
However, in such a poverty perspective, it would be of functional poverty problems of physic and
technique related to the sh1ggish and ineffiCIent economic within a community. This is the
origin of poverty problem as there is evidence that developing economic of community by
increasing its economic efficiency does not really decrease the poverty. Infact, as the study
assumes, the poverty problem has been going beyond the poverty functional variables, the socalled poverty fundamental variables consisting of ethical system of economic behavior.
Discussing poverty problem in the context of nagari, it seems that povcrty 18 tv be
related to ethi~al sy.c;tem (nloral obligation alLo deliberation) of anak nagari, akhlak of nagari
members. To be recognized as an ideal type, a nagari has to provide 'social security system', that
is mainly cultural and local mechanisms to protect anak nagari from poverty risks. By this
reason, to oppose the poverty in nagari is to do first with fundamental variables of poverty.
Functional entities of poverty are only derivatives of the fundamentals.
Based on this review literature study, it is suggesting to observe the economic
transformation of nagari that has brought about poverty in the light of its poverty fundamental
variables. These are not pondered by most literatures.