Abstrak
Kemiskinan masih menjadi tantangan utama bagi pembangunan di berbagai negara
berkembang di dunia. Beragam intervensi pemerintah digerakkan untuk membantu
upaya pengentasan kemiskinan, salah satunya adalah pelaksanaan program bantuan
tunai bersyarat atau yang lazim dikenal dengan conditional cash transfer (CCT).
Program CCT bertujuan utama untuk menurunkan angka kemiskinan melalui
bantuan tunai, dengan catatan para penerima manfaat harus memenuhi beberapa
persyaratan. Melalui CCT, pemerintah berupaya menekan angka kemiskinan dalam
jangka pendek dengan menambah pendapatan rumah tangga dan mencegah
kemiskinan dalam jangka panjang dengan upaya meningkatkan modal manusia.
Pelaksaan CCT telah dilaksanakan di berbagai negara dan memberikan dampak
positif pada upaya pengentasan kemiskinan, termasuk di Indonesia. Program CCT
Indonesia dikenal dengan Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH). Selanjutnya, studi ini
mencoba mengevaluasi dan menyelidiki dampak implementasi PKH pada upaya
pengentasan kemiskinan dengan pendekatan statistik deskriptif dan studi literatur.
Studi ini menemukan bahwa secara umum PKH berkontribusi positif terhadap
upaya pengentasan kemiskinan dengan meningkatkan pengeluaran konsumsi rumah
tangga, angka partisipasi sekolah, hingga kesadaran terhadap pendidikan dan
kesehatan pada penerima manfaat. Selain itu, PKH juga berkontribusi positif dalam
1upaya pencegahan stunting dan pemenuhan gizi bayi dan anak. Meskipun demikian,
besaran bantuan yang masih kecil di tengah biaya hidup yang membengkak,
infrastruktur pendukung seperti fasilitas pendidikan dan kesehatan, serta
keberlanjutan program pasca graduasi penerima manfaat yang minim masih
menjadi tantangan dalam implementasi PKH. Penyesuaian ulang besaran bantuan
dan intervensi pasca graduasi, seperti memastikan tersedianya lapangan kerja,
diperlukan untuk meningkatkan efektivitas PKH.
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