Strategi Adaptasi Ekonomi Pengerajin dan Tukang Ojek Pada Masa Kebijakan Penutupan Perbatasan Di Desa Jagoi Babang

Abstract

The border closure policy has become a policy in preventing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, this policy has had an impact, especially on the economic aspect. People who depend on border crossings are the first to receive the impact of the border closure policy. Therefore, this study aims to describe two groups of people who have received the impact of the border closure policy. This research was conducted in Jagoi Village, Indonesia-Malaysia crossing. This study aims to find good practices, namely economic adaptation strategies carried out by craftsmen and motorcycle taxi drivers at the Indonesia-Malaysia crossing. By using qualitative methods with in-depth interviews and direct observations, four economic adaptation strategies have been found, namely (1) switching to domestic products, (2) creating alternative economic life, (3) switching to other jobs, and (4) asking for help. to relatives. This strategy appears in 2 forms, namely material adaptation and non-material adaptation. Material adaptation is a change in product consumption which has now shifted to domestic products, while non-material adaptation is economic knowledge, skills and socio-cultural networks. Material adaptation is a change in product consumption, which has now shifted to domestic products, while non-material adaptation is economic knowledge, skills and socio-cultural networks. This study has been relevant to the development of a community-based economy for theeconomic resilience of the community during the border closure period