Multi-Weighted Analysis: Assessing the Performance of Social Empowerment in the Pandemic Era

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak has attacked almost all countries and has an impact on the MSME sector, especially MSMEs mustahiq assisted by zakat institutions. One of the effects of the pandemic for zakat institutions is the change in the zakat intermediation program which is very significant. In the end, it will have an impact on the performance of the zakat program. This study aims to see the performance of zakat-based community empowerment programs with Multi-Weighted Analysis (MWA). The research method used in this research is the study method on SMEs under the guidance of LPEM BAZNAS West Java, with a descriptive analysis approach. Data collection techniques with questionnaire, deep interview, and documentation. The results show that the weight of community empowerment for the social dimension shows a good empowerment performance and can be accepted as a measure performance for community empowerment from the social dimension.