The role of local governments in urban poverty

In every period from past to present, poverty makes itself felt effectively and is perceived as a serious problem that concerns all countries of the world. Poverty is seen not only in undeveloped and underdeveloped countries, but also in developed countries. The emergence of poverty comes with inequality of arrival and employment problems. Today, most individuals follow a migration course from rural areas to cities. This leads to an increase the population in cities and more poverty in cities. This plays an effective role in the emergence of the problem of urban poverty. Another public entity that is as important as central government in the fight against poverty is local governments. Among local governments, all institutions, especially municipalities, are actively involved in identifying poverty and minimizing their problems. Municipalities that are actively working on urban poverty in particular follow different strategies for solving the problem in all areas of the poor, especially employment. In this study, the "System Graduation Model" was proposed for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, which works effectively in the fight against urban poverty. According to this model, the selection of expert professional personnel in the creation of system graduation for citizens living in Istanbul and considered poor, the creation of a database for the poor, career counseling to provide employment, and the provision of employment in different institutions for the poor are included. In this way, proposals to be implemented by local governments in poverty reduction have been presented.