The Implementation Model of Policy for Small Business Empowerment Programs in Wajo Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

The research article aims to explain the existence and strategic role of micro, small and medium Enterprise (MSMEs) in the economy in a region, the creation of a robust industrial system, and the backbone of a strong economy. This study uses a type of descriptive research with qualitative methods, which describes how government policies in this case the growth of the business climate implemented in silk weaving craftsmen in Wajo District. Data collection technique are observation and interview. The results show that the role of the Wajo Regency government in this case the office of cooperatives and MSMEs is to provide direction and targets to realize micro, small and medium enterprises for the silk weaving industry and other businesses. In this case the role of the government is very necessary in fostering micro enterprises so that they can be formulated in accordance with environmental conditions in increasing the income of small business managers in Wajo Regency.

Small Business Empowerment Program Policy in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi

“…One of the regions that has contributed to the development of MSMEs in South Sulawesi is the Wajo Regency. This can be seen from the number of small entrepreneurs engaged in industrial and trade centers in the last five years who have retrieved business licence and have retrieved business capital through banking and nonbanking registered with the Department of Cooperatives, MSMEs, Industry and Trade of Wajo Regency, namely in 2016 there were 245 businesses, in 2017 there were 287 businesses, in 2018 there were 334 businesses, in 2018 there were 337 businesses, in 2019 there were 378 businesses, and in 2019 there were 337 businesses (processed from the MSME Profile Data of the Department of Industry, Cooperatives and MSMEs, District Trade [2] [3] Data on small entrepreneurs in Wajo Regency shows an increase from year to year, reaching an average of 38 small entrepreneurs or an average growth of only 1.14 percent per year. This shows that there are still many small entrepreneurs in Wajo Regency who have been constrained in developing their business in terms of small business enablement policies, especially in terms of growing the business climate related to business partnerships, strengthening business financing institutions in relation to small business performance in Wajo Regency.…”

Community Empowerment in Micro Enterprises For Sustainable Development in Wajo South Sulawesi Indonesia

“…This study uses a model of implementation of the policy of Donald S. Van Meter and Carl E. Van Horn in Subarsono, for this theory can be used as a reference to measure, describe and explain the Empowerment Program Implementation micro enterprises in Wajo. Based on this, the researchers describe the concept of a clear framework to be easily understood [10].…”