This study investigates government expenditure on education, health, and infrastructure sectors on poverty reducition in the Tomini Bay. Further, This present study refers to secondary data research obtained from 15 regencies/ cities in the Tomini Bay period of 2010-2019. Those data are based upon data from Statistics Indonesia and the directorate General of Fical Balance. The data in this study are analyzed using multiple linear regression with panel data.

The results show that government expenditure on the education sector is positively and significantly affects the poperty in the Tomini Bay, meaning that any increase of government expenditure for 1% in the education sector will enhance poperty for 0.256302 in the Tomini Bay. In addition, the government expenditure on the health secetor has a positive influence yet insignificant toward poverty in the Tomini Bay. It means that any increase of government expenditure for 1% in the health secetor cannot elucidate an increase of poperty in the Tomini bay obviously. Lastly, the government expenditure on the infrastructure secetor has a negative and significant influence on poverty in the Tomini bay. The result indicates that any increase of government expenditure for 1% in infrastructure sector will reduce poverty for 0,1722132 in the Tomini Bay.

Keywords: : Government Expenditure on Education, Health and Infrastructure Sections, Poverty