Approach to Addressing Poverty in a Comprehensive and Accurate Manner in Chiang Klom Subdistrict, Pak Chom District, Loei Province

Abstract

This research was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee, with the approval number H022/2564. The research findings aim to contribute to the country's Sustainable Development Goal of reducing poverty (No Poverty). The objectives are: 1) to study the poverty situation based on the comprehensive and precise poverty alleviation approach in Loei Province, and 2) to examine the comprehensive and precise poverty alleviation strategies in Chiang Klom Sub-district, Pak Chom District, Loei Province. This is a mixed-method study. The research tool is a standardized questionnaire from Program Management Unit on Area Based Development (PMU A), analyzed using the PPP Connect software. For the qualitative research, focus group discussions were conducted. The population includes households that did not meet the criteria according to TPMAP data and the vulnerable group data from Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.

The research findings are as follows 1) A total of 86.47% of the respondents completed the questionnaire. However, 13.53% of the questionnaires could not be analyzed due to reasons such as relocation, refusal to provide information, or the death of the household head. Most of the poor households in Loei Province are in a state of hardship, accounting for 44.17%. 2) The poverty alleviation strategies revealed strong cooperation from partner networks, resulting in the formation of a sub-district-level poverty alleviation working group. This group has been collaborating from the beginning, including data collection, screening poor households for development, planning operations, and conducting joint monitoring and evaluation.