Opportunistic Behavior of Village Economic Development Strategy Plan Program in Manokwari District

Abstract

Respect as an empowerment program to increase the economic capacity of village communities in Papua and West Papua, its implementation has been going on since 2007 until now. Based on the results of surveys and quantitative research, the pros and cons of its existence state that this program has not been successful without explaining the causes of this failure by exploring community knowledge, especially the problem of the participation of the actors. Based on this, this study attempts to answer the following questions: 1. how is the participation of the regional elite, community elite in the planning and implementation of respect, and 2. how is the participation of the community elite, and the community in utilizing the results of respect.The research objectives were: 1. to analyze the participation of local elites and community elites in the planning and implementation of respect, and 2. to analyze the participation of community elites and the community in utilizing the results of respect, in order to obtain an overview of the implementation of respect and empowerment carried out in the program, then to obtain an overview implementation of empowerment in accordance with the uniqueness or specificity of the community. The research was conducted in four districts namely North Manokwari District, Ransiki District, Sidey District, and Minyambouw District. The research method used is qualitative using a phenomenological perspective with an emic approach.The results of the study show that: 1. provincial elites have not fully participated in improving the welfare of the village community, 2. district elites are not involved in the respect program so they are not fully responsible for improving community welfare, 3. village elites and community elites have not played a role as community motivators in village economic empowerment, and 4. community participation in villages responding to respect is still oriented as a project and not a program.