Abstract
The Indonesian Navy maintains national defence and security, yet supports the coastal communities' economic development. The West Lombok Regency has potential resources to support national development in better management. The Navy economic empowerment role in the West Lombok Regency is urgently needed. This study analyzes the effect of an economic empowerment program of the Navy on the welfare of coastal communities and the impact on national defence and security in sharia perspectives. It also analyzes constraint and strategic issues related the Navy's role in developing the West Lombok Regency coastal communities welfare and composes institutional models and cooperation in supporting the government to promote the coastal communities economy, producing the Navy role optimization strategies in economic empowerment of the West Lombok Regency. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used in this study, with analytical tools include the Result Impact Management System (RIMS), Descriptive Analysis, Tahwidi String Relationship, Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST), Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), and Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach (AHP). Research respondents were 150 families who were beneficiaries of CCDP-IFAD in five villages in West Lombok. The results indicate that the Navy's role in economic empowerment in the West Lombok Regency is not optimal yet. In sharia perspective, welfare affects national defence and security. To overcome this problem needs to be prepared the structured and applicable programs with field assistance. Based on the institutional model, the most desirable change issue is the establishment of real policies and legal frameworks to boost cooperation between institutions/stakeholders in empowering the coastal community and clearly institutional sharing of authority Keywords: Economic Empowerment, Development, Coastal Community, Sharia, National Security and Resilience. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-26-05 Publication date: September 30 th 2020
Highlights
The regency of the West Lombok is one of the regions in Indonesia, which has natural resources and potential maritime tourism attractions
This study aims to determine the effect of community empowerment programs by the government/Navy in the coastal area of West Lombok Regency to the welfare of the community is needed in determining the optimal role of the Navy
The primary and secondary data are from the IFAD of West Lombok between 2015 and 2017 as well as data and previous research relating to community welfare
Summary
The regency of the West Lombok is one of the regions in Indonesia, which has natural resources and potential maritime tourism attractions. The Island of Lombok is situated in the coastal border areas. As a maritime country needs to improve the welfare of coastal communities in order to strengthen national defense and national security. The Indonesian Navy as one of the main components of national defense in territorial waters is obliged to maintain national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Indonesia, maintain security stability in the territorial sea, protect natural resources in the territorial sea from various defense threats and lawlessness in territorial waters of national jurisdictions of Indonesia. The support from the people in the coastal border areas is important to maintain the sustainability of the Navy's operations
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