Village community empowerment through village owned enterprise based on social capital in North Sumatera

ABSTRACT

Conducted in four villages which are located in four Districts in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia, this study evaluates village community empowerment through village owned enterprise that is based on social capital in North Sumatera. The study is conducted by using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches where the qualitative data were obtained through in-depth interviews, while the quantitative data were obtained through survey by questionnaire. Analyses were made on three aspects of community empowerment: institutional aspects, economic aspects, and socio-cultural aspects. Results show that the various empowerment programmes have helped the communities to develop their economic activities in the villages through business activities. The implication of this study to the policy for Village Law is that all business carrying out with funds based on the village owned enterprise must refer to the applicable law to avoid any deviation.

KEYWORDS:

• Empowerment
• community
• village
• Village Owned Enterprises
• social capital

Acknowledgments

The study is dedicated to Universitas Sumatera Utara that provided assistance and some references to complete this research to be better.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Badaruddin Badaruddin

Badaruddin Badaruddin. I am a lecturer at Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. I am as a senior lecturer who has published some articles in international journal such as : 1) A study of women’s potential and empowerment for accelerating village development in Serdang Bedagai district, North Sumatera Province; 2) The Facilities and Infrastructure Provision for Tourism Development in Semangat Gunung Village, Merdeka District, Karo Regency; 3) The Model of Implementing Law Number 6 of 2014 on Village of Social Capital-Based: Evidence from North Sumatra and etc.

Kariono Kariono

Kariono Kariono. I am a lecturer at Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. I am as a senior lecturer who has published some articles. I have done some research regarding social capital in Indonesia.

Ermansyah Ermansyah

Ermansyah Ermansyah. I am as a senior lecturer in Department of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. I have published some articles regarding social sciences. This article is the last research that I have done with my partners.

Lina Sudarwati

Lina Sudarwati. I am as a senior lecturer in Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. I have published some articles regarding social sciences. This article is the last research that I have done with my partners.