ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF POVERTY IN THE CITY OF SURABAYA, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

Millennium Summit in 2000 expects that in 2015 Indonesia must be able to halve the number of poor people. Problems of poverty and equity is inseparable from development policies that lead to a strategy of growth-oriented industrialization. Developed industry is an industry that is foot lose industry, namely the capital-intensive industries that are not based on domestic resources but is dependent 011 imported resources so that the potential domestic resources are not used optimally. Such industrial development will result in a fragile economy, inefficient, vulnerable to the turmoil in the world economy, and produces less effect trickle down (trickle-down The number and percentage of poor in the period 1996-2007 fluctuated from year to year, In the period 1996-1999 the number of poor increased because of the economic crisis. In the period 2000-2005 the number of poor declined. But in 2006, an increase in the number of poor quite dramatically. Increasing the number and percentage of poor people due to rising fuel prices which led to rising prices of various goods. As a result the population classified as poor but not income poverty line in a circle of many who shifted his position to be poor. Number of poor in Indonesia in March 2007 decreased compared to the poor people in March 2006. Nevertheless, the percentage of poor people in March 2007 was still higher than the state in February 2005. Sahdan (2005:1) said Poverty has limited the right of people Based on the background of the earlier problems can be formulated as follows: Are population growth, investment, education subsidies, and education level affect the level of poverty in the city of Surabaya? And the research objectives are determine the effect of population growth, investment, education subsidy, and the level of education on poverty in the city of Surabaya. The purpose of this study is to determine how much economic factors affecting the level of poverty in the city of Surabaya. In an effort to improve the living standards of poor communities especially in the city of Surabaya. This study uses secondary data during the 12 years since the years 1996-2007 and analize using multiple linear regression analysis from Population Growth variables (XI), Investment (X2), Education Subsidies (X3), and Level of Education (X4) as the independent variable on the Surabaya City Poverty Rate (Y). Results obtained from testing the hypothesis that the variables XI, X2, X3, and X4 significant effect Poverty Level variable, this is indicated by the F test. Keywords: Poverty, Poor Communities, Education SubsidyX'Uy Poverty Rot

Environmental Development and Empowerment From Industrial Impact

This study aimed to determine and analyze Environmental Development and Empowerment from Industrial Impact in effort of local Economic Development and Communities empowerment around the PT. Semen Indonesia (SMGR ). The results showed that SMGR has tried to implement through activities that show a sense of social concern as well attempt to empower communities around the cement plant. In one hand it could he accounted as company external cost and in other hand as one of company contribution in increasing local community welfare program that has been rolled out to the community around Tuban Cement Plant had a significantly positive influence on the improvement of the welfare of the community. However, of the 10 areas of empowering program that have been implemented have not been all that good satisfaction scores of communities participating in the program. Key words: Environmental Development, Community Development, Community Welfare, empowering progra

Exploring Indonesian Tax Ratio Development 1970-2010

In 2012, Indonesia ' s tax ratio is only 11.2% of GDP. This igure is far lower than the ratio of the ASEAN counties, even compared with China , s state though. Symptoms of the above begs the question, how the actual tax rate developments in Indonesia? Factors-factors that inluence the growth rate of tax? Is the increase in the tax ratio needs to worry about. Using descriptive analysis shows that the end of the 1960s, Indonesia tax ratio is only 6% of GDP and only in the late 1980s was able to reach 10% of GDP. Thus, during the period 1960 to 1980, Indonesia tax ratio grew only 2% / year, much lower than the rate of economic growth in the same period. Its a bit worrying for the past two decades the growth of tax ratio to stagnate, as it only increased to 12% of GDP. While the estimation results using an econometric model suggests that economic growth is actually very A potential for raising the taxes and the Indonesian context, if the tax rate is 6%, then the increase in the ratio of taxes it would stimulate economic growth. Because it Is a progressive tax policy in Indonesia do not have to worry abou