Poverty reduction efforts can be encapsulated in one sentence, namely "give opportunities to the poor families and communities to overcome their problems independently." This means the government has to reposition their roles, from its role as agent of empowerment become facilitator of empowerment. Islam considers that poverty is a very complex phenomenon, poverty is not only related to cultural problems, but also structural problems which concern how state makes fiscal policy-oriented poverty reduction. Culturally, Islam has recommended to foster the role of each individual in improving the quality of life and foster social cohesion through zakat, infaq, and Sadaqah. Structurally, Islam has laid down a central role of state in creating the distribution of income and wealth in a fair and equitable and maintaining the stability and sustainability of economic development in the process of progress and equality as well as a facilitator of community in finding solutions toward a more decent standard of living.