The Effect of Regional Development Inequality on The Number of Poor People in West Papua Province in 2010-2017

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to analyze the influence of regional development inequality on the number of poor people in West Papua Province.  The data used in this study are secondary data, namely ADHK GDP data for 2010-2017 and calculated and wiliamson index to obtain data on inequality rates and data on the number of poor people in Regencies/Cities in West Papua Province in 2010-2017 which were obtained as many as 104 observations. The analysis method used in this study is regression analysis with panel data calculated using EVIEWS 12, based on the results of the selection of the best model used is Fixced Effect. The results of this research show that inequality in regional development has a positive and significant effect on the number of poor people in West Papua Province. This means that if regional development inequality decreases, the number of poor people will decrease, and vice versa. So it can be concluded that development inequality affects the number of poor people but is not the main indicator in affecting the number of poor people because poverty is also influenced by other indicators, between income distribution and labor absorption.