A multidimensional understanding of poverty includes the access of poor groups to decision‐making processes based on their needs and aspirations. However, the realisation of this ‘right to make decisions’ faces multiple obstacles. Over the last 20 years in Indonesia, in a context of a more democratic political environment and policy decentralisation, poverty alleviation policies have followed institutional arrangements to provide communities with opportunities for greater participation in development projects. Poverty data show a clear improvement in the living conditions of urban poor citizens in Indonesia; however, it is unclear whether poor communities have become stronger and more independent from public grants and better able to make their own decisions. This research analysed two urban poor communities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and found that some communities working on participatory poverty alleviation strategies still face obstacles to becoming more independent and making their own decisions because they remain part of an historical legacy of top‐down approaches to poverty, highly dependent on government support and working only within ‘invited spaces’. Conversely, those communities with more limited access to government funding have been more innovative in their strategies and have created ‘invented spaces’ for collective action that allows them to be more independent and empowered.

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印度尼西亚日惹的城市减贫战略：社区发展的不同机遇

对贫困的多层面理解包括使贫困群体能够根据其需求和愿望进入决策过程。但是，这种“决策权”的实现面临多重障碍。在印度尼西亚的过去20年中，在更加民主的政治环境和政策分权的背景下，减贫政策遵循了体制安排，为社区提供了更多参与发展项目的机会。贫困数据表明，印度尼西亚城市贫困居民的生活条件有了明显改善；但是，尚不清楚贫困社区是否变得更强大，更独立于公共赠款，并且更有能力做出自己的决定。这项研究分析了印度尼西亚日惹的两个城市贫困社区，并且发现一些参与式扶贫战略制定工作的社区仍然面临着变得更加独立和做出自己的决定的障碍，因为它们仍然是自上而下的扶贫方法的历史遗产，高度依赖政府的支持并且仅在“受邀的”范围内工作空格”。相反，那些获得政府资金的渠道更加有限的社区在其战略上更具创新性，并为集体行动创造了“虚构的空间”，使他们能够更加独立和获得权力。高度依赖政府的支持，并且只能在“受邀空间”内工作。相反，那些获得政府资金的渠道更加有限的社区在其战略上更具创新性，并为集体行动创造了“虚构的空间”，使他们能够更加独立和获得权力。高度依赖政府的支持，并且只能在“受邀空间”内工作。相反，那些获得政府资金的渠道更加有限的社区在其战略上更具创新性，并为集体行动创造了“虚构的空间”，使他们能够更加独立和获得权力。