Empowerment Of Rural Communities Research Articles

Reconstructing the Cooperative Rule of Law as an Alternative for Economic Empowerment of Rural Communities in Indonesia

Cooperatives in the Indonesian economic system function as one of the efforts to achieve national development goals, namely creating a just and prosperous society in accordance with the principles of Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. The legal basis of cooperatives in Indonesia is regulated by Law Number 25 of 1992 concerning Cooperatives. The purpose of this research is to study the development of cooperative law in Indonesia as an alternative to economic empowerment of rural communities, and analyse the legal construction of cooperatives as an alternative to economic empowerment of rural communities in Indonesia. This research is a normative legal research with a legislative approach and conceptual approach. The results show that the weaknesses in Law No. 25/1992 on Cooperatives, such as the unclear definition of cooperatives, unfulfilled principles, and lack of strict sanctions, indicate that the regulation needs to be reconstructed to address the existing problems and increase public trust in cooperatives. Thus, the reconstruction of Law Number 25 of 1992 on Cooperatives will not only improve cooperative governance, but also make a significant contribution to the economic empowerment of communities in Indonesia, especially in rural areas.

Analisis Efektivitas Program Hibah Pokmas terhadap Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa

The objectives of this study are: 1) to find out how the impact of the POKMAS program on village community empowerment; and 2) to find out what are the factors that hamper the effectiveness of POKMAS in an effort to realize the empowerment of rural communities. Based on the combination of Cluster Analysis and Root Cause Anaysis methods, the POKMAS program has proven to have implications for the empowerment of rural communities as indicated through three things, namely: 1) an increase in income especially the poor; 2) the community is able to arrange village development planning and implementation; and 3) the community is able to take responsibility. However, the implementation of the program still leaves four problems, namely: 1) the limited amount of grant funds is adjusted to the needs of the village; 2) low participation of the poor and women; 3) the interests of individuals or small groups are still more dominant; and 4) limited administrative capacity. Overall, the POKMAS program has proven to have achieved village independence so it is important to hand over development to the village. This finding can be a proliferation of empowerment models that are based on the transfer of village authority.

Model Pemberdayaan Berbasis Pemanfaatan Sumberdaya Alam Berkelanjutan: Studi pada Program Energi Terbarukan di Kabupaten Jombang

The concept of economic development that is based on villages so far still causes debate. Supporting arguments say that village empowerment is the key to the success of inclusive economic development. The aim is to create sustainable economic development based on creating high economic value. Based on this, the main objective of this research is to examine how much impact the new and renewable energy program in Jombang has had on the empowerment of rural communities. Based on the Cluster Analysis method, the new and renewable energy program is proven to have implications for the empowerment of rural communities as indicated through two things, namely: (i) an increase in income especially the poor; and (ii) local communities are able to develop village development planning and implementation. This proves that the new and renewable energy program has been able to realize the independence of the village. Therefore, this program is expected to be a proliferation of empowerment models that are based on sustainable use of natural resources.

Estimating the Impacts of Livelihood Support Interventions on Poverty Reduction in Rural Balochistan

The study evaluates the impacts of livelihood intervention programs implemented by the Balochistan Rural Support Program (BRSP) on poverty reduction in Balochistan. The estimation of livelihood impacts is gauged through several indicators, including the Income Generating Grant (IGG), Community Investment Fund (CIF), and Skill Development (TVET). To this end, data from 1500 households segregated into 950 IGG, 250 CIF, and 300 TVET are selected using a two-stage stratified sampling technique in 8 selected districts of Balochistan. This study mainly adopted mixed research approaches, including the descriptive analysis of the data to reflect the role of these interventions in poverty reduction in Balochistan. In addition, Poverty Score Cards (PSC) values have been used to determine the poverty levels. After implementing livelihood support intervention, it was obtained that Households (HHs) monthly income of IGG, CIF, and TVET beneficiaries increased by 17%, 20%, and 39%, respectively, on average. The meaningful tabulation of livelihood interventions positively impacts multifaceted aspects of rural HHs. The results also give evidence of employment generation and income-earning prospects in rural Balochistan. The results also show that gender equality and support for women's empowerment are positively changed in rural Balochistan. Therefore, the tabulated results of community and HHs’ specific funding programs and human capital formation via skills provisions to ultra-poor and poor rural people justify Balochistan Rural Development and Community Empowerment (BRACE) as a livelihood support initiative for poverty reduction in rural Balochistan. The government and non-government organizations (NGOs) may get insightful policy interventions from this study to bring effective socioeconomic development in rural Balochistan.

Effectiveness of Village Fund Utilization in Supporting Rural Development (Case Study of Punti Village, Soromandi Subdistrict, Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara)

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the use of village funds in supporting the development of rural community empowerment and to analyze Community Involvement in the Management of the Village Fund Budget for the Development and Empowerment of Rural Communities in Punti Village, Soromandi District, Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive with data collection techniques through interviews, observation and documentation. Based on the analysis conducted, the utilization of village funds in Punti Village, Soromandi District, Bima Regency has shown high effectiveness in supporting rural development. The programs implemented, especially infrastructure development such as drainage and concrete rebates, have been in accordance with the priorities and needs of the community. This effectiveness can be seen from various aspects, including timeliness, cost calculation, measurement, choice making, thinking, order execution, and goal setting. Community participation was quite good in the planning stage through the village development planning meetings, although the involvement of women still needs to be improved. However, participation in the implementation and evaluation stages is still less than optimal. Nevertheless, the overall management of village funds has contributed positively to welfare improvement, infrastructure development, and community empowerment, including through cadre training and the development of village-owned enterprises. To maximize the benefits of village funds, it is necessary to increase community participation in all stages, especially in program implementation and evaluation, as well as to increase the involvement of women in decision-making.

Participatory Learning for Rural Community Empowerment

Participatory Learning for Rural Community Empowerment

Pengaruh Penggunaan Dana Desa dalam Bidang Pembangunan Desa dan Bidang Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa Terhadap Kemiskinan Desa di Kabupaten Pemalang Tahun 2019-2020

Poverty is a problem faced by all countries. Both developed countries, but the problem of poverty is more common in developing countries. One of the reasons for the problem of poverty in developing countries is that development conditions in developing countries are still unstable. To overcome this, the government implements a fiscal decentralization policy with a village fund program which is expected to be able to reduce poverty. The priorities for using village funds include village development and village community empowerment, for this reason the purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the realization of village funds used in the field of village development and in the field of village community empowerment in every village in Pemalang Regency in 2019 to 2020.Ssecondary data by using the selected Fixed Effect (FE) method, the dependent variable used in this paper is village poverty and two independent variables, namely the realization of village funds in the field of village development and the realization of village funds in the field of empowerment of rural communities with the research population of all villages in Pemalang Regency. This uses purposive sampling method to determine the sample used in the paper.The results of this indicate that the independent variable simultaneously has no effect on village poverty, while partially the variable realization of village funds in the field of village development has a negative value with a coefficient value of -0.362448 and a probability value of 0.0824 which means the realization of village funds in the field of village development, it has an effect on reducing the amount of village poverty but is not significant, while the realization of village funds in the field of village community empowerment has a partially negative significant effect on rural poverty with a coefficient value of -0.358970 and a probability value of 0.0000 which means that each the addition of 1 million realizations in the field of village community empowerment was able to reduce the number of poor people by 36 people

Exploring the Paradox of Local Community Empowerment in Mediating the Role of Village Fund Policy to Increase the Rural Society's Welfare: An Analysis through the Eye of Village Public Service's Users

Recent studies reported that the implementation of local budgeting in the context of fiscal decentralization policy had no significant contribution in increasing rural community welfare. This study therefore evaluated the local budgeting policy implemented in Indonesia through Village Fund (VF) policy as well as examining the mediating role of local community empowerment. This investigation used crossectional data from 399 respondents from villages in Indonesia. The measures used in this study involved villagers' perception about policy and implementation of village fund, the success of rural welfare and local community empowerment. PLS-SEM was used to test the hyphoteses. The result of this study evidences that perceived of VF usage measured by perceived infrastructure development and perceived basic social services, except for perceived VF usage in rural economic development, have less significant impact on rural community welfare. Moreover, perceived involvement of community empowerment has minimum contribution on perceived rural community welfare. This study provides an understanding of paradox existing in the perceived role of local community empowerment in mediating the effect of local finance budgeting on rural welfare which is still rarely studied particularly in developing countries like Indonesia.

Transparency Of Village Development Planning Deliberations (Musrenbangdesa) As A Policy Direction

The Village Development Planning Deliberation (Musrenbangdesa) in Kandangsapi Village, Cijaku District, Lebak Regency has been carried out properly. This research is important to find out how the role of Village Governments and Village Institutions as policy makers when carrying out their duties, namely realizing transparent development planning deliberations to village communities. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach method by observation, interviews and data in the field. While technical analysis uses data triangulation, which is collecting data from various sources and then digging for a truth. In the implementation of Musrenbangdesa there is less transparency, policy direction is less disciplined, and priority programs are not based on research studies. In addition, it is more about the interests of the group so that the programs that run are less optimally felt by the community, especially in the field of empowerment and development of rural communities.

BUM Desa Bersama: Strategi Transformasi Pengelola Kegiatan DBM Eks PNPM Mandiri Pedesaan

The aim of this article is to analyze the transformation strategy of the community revolving funds ex national program for rural independent community empowerment (DBM Ex PNPM MPd) into a joint village-owned enterprises (BUM Desa Bersama). The research method in this article is qualitative descriptive research. Data collection was carried out by interviews, observation and documentation. The transformation strategy for the DBM Ex PNPM MPd Program into a BUM Desa Bersama is carried out by (1) Transferring assets, by means of capital participation sourced from 25 villages in Kanor District and sourced from the DBM Ex PNPM MPd. (2) Institutional Transfer, the transfer of a government poverty alleviation and empowerment program, namely UPK Ex PNPM MPd, to a community-owned business entity that has a legal entity and aims to overcome poverty by empowering the community or also called BUM Desa Bersama. (3) Transfer of Personnel by forming a joint BUM Desa organizational structure involving the DBM Ex PNPM MPd Activity Manager by considering the suitability of organizational needs and good governance practices. (4) Transfer of business activities, Community Revolving Fund (DBM) / savings and loan business activities which are UPK DBM Ex PNPM MPd business activities to become the main business activities of the joint BUM Desa Bersama. Apart from that, it also develops other businesses such as the establishment of a PT LKM and participation in the BPJS Employment shield agent.

Pelatihan Manajemen BUMDes Berbasis Sosiokultural Masyarakat Lokal di Desa Sukamaju

Improving the welfare of rural communities in rural areas is an urgency in every community empowerment activity. One of the institutions that can improve the welfare of village communities, namely Village Owned Enterprises (in Indonesian is BUMDes). However, BUMDes have not contributed significantly and are optimally managed. This activity aims to apply the pattern of understanding the management of BUMDes Maju Mandiri in Sukamaju Village, Cihaurbeuti District, Ciamis Regency. In addition, this activity can make a positive contribution to the economic empowerment of rural communities through a pattern of BUMDes activities based on socio-cultural rural communities to increase the income and welfare of rural communities. The principle of gotong royong and participation is the main vocalist in Community Based Empowerment (in Indonesian is PKM) activities. This activity is carried out through mentoring methods which include: (1) the program initiation stage; (2) implementation stage; and (3) monitoring and evaluation stages. This activity resulted in an increase in the knowledge and skills of BUMDes managers by 50% in the management organization, so that the institution is managed quite well. In addition, there is an increase in the understanding of BUMDes managers by 75% in business management and has an impact on increasing innovation, as well as sales of BUMDes superior products.

Optimizing Rural Development: Strategic Implementation of the Village Fund Policy for Sustainable Community Empowerment

This descriptive qualitative study investigates the implementation of village fund policies in Kemiri Village, Sidoarjo District, Sidoarjo Regency, employing observation, interviews, and documentation as data collection methods. Through purposive sampling, the study analyzes the clarity of information on village funds in alignment with the Ministry of Finance's directives, focusing on development and community empowerment. The results demonstrate optimal implementation, showcasing the village government's commitment to inclusive decision-making, ensuring community involvement and support for planned initiatives. This research contributes insights into effective local governance practices, with implications for policymakers and practitioners seeking to enhance the impact of village fund policies on rural development and community empowerment. Highlight : The study employs a descriptive qualitative approach to assess the optimal implementation of village fund policies in Kemiri Village, Sidoarjo Regency. Data collection involves observation, interviews, and documentation, employing purposive sampling to analyze the clarity of information on village funds in alignment with Ministry of Finance directives. Findings reveal a commitment to inclusive decision-making by the village government, ensuring active community involvement and support for planned initiatives, offering valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners in rural development Keywords: Village Fund Policy, Implementation, Community Empowerment, Local Governance, Rural Development.

Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Melalui Pembudidayaan Stroberi di Desa Dalisodo

The focus of this study is to describe the empowerment of rural communities, especially residents learning the equality program at PKBM Mentari, through strawberry cultivation. The method used is a qualitative research method with the type of case study conducted in Kalisodo Village, Wagir. The main data sources used in compiling this article were obtained from interviews with two sources, namely

Implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility Program through Empowering Rural Communities

This research focuses on the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs through empowering rural communities. The background of this research is because there are still many CSR implementations carried out by the company in the area where the company stands which are not appropriate and unsustainable. This research uses a bibliographic study method by utilizing literature materials in the form of books, journals and articles that are related to the title and theme of the study. In the focus of discussion in this research, there are several relevant theories, namely the theory of community empowerment, the theory of rural communities and the theory of corporate social responsibility. The result of this research is that community empowerment is one of the ideal methods for implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs. With rural community empowerment programs, the company implements empowerment based on the use of natural resources and human resources to create new sources in improving the quality of social, economic and environmental life of the community.

Modeling of a Business Incubator Program for Islamic Youth Organizations for the Development of Superior Rural Products

By raising research questions about What is an effective business incubator strategy in developing superior products in rural areas? and How effective is the Business Incubator Program Modeling for Islamic Youth Organizations for Developing Superior Rural Products in Cilacap Regency, this study focuses on looking at the effectiveness of business incubators as well as the role of Islamic youth organizations in cultivating village potential so that they are able to drive the economy of their region. A qualitative descriptive approach carried out for 3 months was chosen as a technique for obtaining data. Research was conducted in sub-districts/villages that have superior products that can be developed through business incubators implemented by Islamic youth organizations in the village under the guidance of the village/sub-district. Furthermore, in determining informants a purposive sampling technique was used. Primary data (Interviews and Observations) and secondary data (Documentation and Literature) were extracted from research subjects to answer research questions. Furthermore, to describe the findings of this research, Donald Van Metter and Carl Van Horn's model is used with six variables that influence policy performance to analyze the effectiveness of OKp. Field findings provide an illustration that in simple terms, business incubation that can be carried out by Islamic Youth Organizations is a community empowerment strategy. This strategy is considered effective, especially since youth organizations have strength, namely a mass base, as well as organizational skills. The business incubation model with a rural community empowerment strategy leads to the classic model, namely joint discussions, joint deliberations. This model is effective, besides being easy and affordable.

Enhancing rural community empowerment for the realization of independent villages: a strategy for Brangsong sub-district

Advanced and independent village development requires a rural community empowerment budget. The Village Law policy has several implementing regulations, which state that Village Funds are funds sourced from the APBN, and Villages are also allocated in the Regency APBD in the form of Village In fact, it has been almost eight years since the Village Law was implemented and the DD was distributed, there are still most of the villages in Brangsong Sub-district have not yet achieved Independent Villages. This study aims to determine the community empowerment strategy for realizing an Independent Village in Brangsong. The research method is descriptive-qualitative, while the data collection technique uses a documentary study, namely in the form of report data and existing documentation data and analyzed to answer problems in research. Independent villages work. Village community empowerment programmes have a Village Fund management plan. Every movement optimises communal activities, village infrastructure, economic empowerment, and BUM Des (Village Owned Enterprises). in boosting welfare and optimising community social activities related to training local capacity. Thus, Village Human Resources and Natural Resources must be maintained to strengthen the Village community's power, capability, and integrity to achieve an optimum Independent Village.

SWOT analysis of telecenter development as a rural community empowerment strategy

SWOT analysis of telecenter development as a rural community empowerment strategy

Empowering Rural Communities: Smart English Home Ignites Opportunities in Sungai Alam Village, Bengkalis Island

This servitude 2023 explores the impact of the Smart English Home initiative in Sungai Alam Village, Bengkalis Island, aiming to empower rural communities through English language education. The study investigates the potential opportunities ignited by this program, focusing on the enhancement of educational access, economic prospects, and community development. By examining the implementation of the Smart English Home, the research aims to provide insights into the transformative effects of language empowerment in rural settings, contributing to the broader discourse on rural community development and empowerment initiatives. This abstract synthesizes the potential impact of the Smart English Home initiative in Sungai Alam Village, Bengkalis Island, emphasizing its role in empowering rural communities through English language education and its broader implications for community development and economic prospects.

The Impact of East Cashew Social Entrepreneurship On Pro-Poor Tour-ism In Karangasem Regency

Based on data, there are more than 28 thousand residents in Karangasem, Bali, who live below the poverty line. This poverty occurs because residents who were previously in-volved in the tourism industry cannot meet their basic needs, with the average monthly per capita expenditure below the poverty line. Karangasem was chosen deliberately as a research location because it has the lowest human development index in Bali. The re-search sample was taken randomly from poor households who previously worked in the tourism sector and are now laid off as informants. Further data was collected through structured interviews and observations. The results of data analysis and discussion show that the entrepreneurial welfare project in East Bali identified two strategies for reducing poverty. First, cluster one is a strategy for poor households who are very poor and have a low level of education. In situations of economic and social limitations, it is necessary to channel employment opportunities through a job placement system for this type of house-hold. They are given the opportunity to produce goods for certain companies, involving three parties: poor individuals, companies, and the government. Second, cluster two is a strategy for poor individuals who work independently to increase their income. For entre-preneurial households, are advised to develop their businesses into micro, small and me-dium businesses to increase sales. This strategy focuses on improving quality in the pro-duction, marketing and financing processes. The second cluster strategy is a model of rural community empowerment based on partnerships.

Empowerment of Rural Communities from the Perspective of the Quran: Towards Social Entrepreneurship through Village-Owned Enterprises

Poverty in Indonesia is often a concentrated issue in rural areas. Although the government has provided various incentives to improve the rural economy, the results have not brought significant change. This is due to the incomplete effectiveness of rural community empowerment management, resulting in a lack of creativity and innovation in villages. This article aims to explore the concept of community empowerment from the perspective of the Quran, using a social entrepreneurship model through Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) as a solution to address rural poverty. The social entrepreneurship model is chosen because of its integration of social and economic issues and its invitation for the entire village community to participate in this change. Using a descriptive-analytic approach based on the thematic interpretation of the Quran, this article concludes that the Quran provides guidelines for community empowerment that include at least three crucial aspects: 1) opportunity, 2) capacity, and 3) authority. These three aspects form the basis for the implementation of social entrepreneurship through BUMDes in a way that has the potential and proportionality to empower rural communities. One example of a village that has successfully implemented this model is Kertayasa Village. To date, Kertayasa Village has achieved relative success in building social entrepreneurship through BUMDes. The success of this social entrepreneurship model reflects an approach that prioritizes social welfare collectively over individual economic gains.