This study explored the politics behind the coordination and the implementation of thepoverty eradication program in Sabah during the Barisan Nasional tenure (2003-2017).Historically, the Barisan Nasional was in power for more than two decades in Sabah.During the BN tenure, various poverty eradication programs had been implementedwith considerable amount of development funds. Despite the state receivingconsiderable amount of development funds, the performance of the imp...