Title: Participatory governance capacity building: the missing link of poverty eradication in food diversification policies in Indonesia

Authors: Rulinawaty; Sofjan Aripin; Andriyansah; Lukman Samboteng

Addresses: Department of Social, Faculty Social, Law and Humanities, Universitas Terbuka Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan 15437, Banten, Indonesia ' Department of Social, Faculty Social, Law and Humanities, Universitas Terbuka Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan 15437, Banten, Indonesia ' Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Terbuka Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan 15437, Banten, Indonesia ' Department of Administrative Science, Politeknik STIA LAN Makassar, A.P. Pettarani No.61, Bua Kana, Kec. Rappocini, Kota Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan 90231, Indonesia

Abstract: Women's empowerment is a movement to improve the quality of women's lives in the economic, educational, social, communication and information fields in order to be free from the cycle of poverty and underdevelopment. This study explores the capacity of participatory governance in Indonesia with a focus on CBOs in participatory action. The object of this qualitative research is the second-class community who interacts with government programs, formulating and implementing food diversification policies. The results reveal three roles of participatory governance for poverty reduction: information-based policies at the grassroots level, ensuring all actors are committed to avoiding participatory non-governmental arrangements, and making policy implementation more effective and efficient. The implications of participatory governance for developing countries are positive synergies for designing and implementing poverty alleviation strategies.

Keywords: capacity building; governance participatory network; public policy; policy implementation; community-based organisation; food diversification; Indonesia.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2023.129436

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2023 Vol.19 No.2, pp.202 - 220

Received: 02 Apr 2020
Accepted: 23 May 2021
Published online: 09 Mar 2023 *

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