Multipartner governance and the urgency of poverty alleviation policy: Zakat fundraising management

Abstract

The problem of poverty still affects many countries and people worldwide, including Indonesia, especially in Jeneponto Regency. This study discusses the multi-partner governance model in managing the fundraising of Zakat funds to alleviate poverty. This model involves various institutions and actors to optimize the collection and use of Zakat funds to help those in need. This study analyzed indicators of actor participation, actor perspectives, actor accessibility, and determination of action to measure each institution’s and actor’s contribution to the multi-partner governance model. The analysis results show that the actor’s perspective dominates with the highest score, showing a strong interest in poverty alleviation. However, challenges in this model were also identified, including effective coordination and collaboration, power imbalances, limited resources, conflicts, personal interests, the complexity of the problem of poverty, and community participation. To overcome these challenges, this study recommends solutions such as building a suitable coordination mechanism, achieving a fair balance of power, increasing the allocation and management of resources, managing conflict and self-interest, adopting a holistic approach to overcoming the complexity of the problem of poverty, and building a mechanism for community participation that is effective.

Keywords

• Poverty
• poverty alleviation
• Zakat, fundraising management
• multipartner governance
• Robert Read, Economics, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
• Development Studies