Development of Village Owned Enterprises (BUMDES) as a Solution to Achieve Mandiri Village

Abstract

Regional development strategies in Indonesia from the economic sector start from the lower community so that the central government expects that the village government (government bottom) has a business entity as a source of income that can support the economic growth of the community. The business entity is called BUMDes. But in fact the BUMDes are still underdeveloped and need the help of many parties. This research identifies problems that hinder the development of BUMDes and provides solutions to develop soon. The study was conducted in the West Java Province of Indonesia using the Analytic Network Process method. The study was conducted on 7 experts who understood the problem of developing BUMDes in West Java, through the stages of focus group discussions and questionnaires. The results show that the main problem that impedes the development of BUMDes from the internal side is the lack of business management and institutional management, while from the external side is the competition of product marketing. While the internal solutions that can be used to solve these problems are partnerships with other parties and external solutions are the utilization of natural resource potential in the village. This research can be used as a reference for all parties including the government and the community to develop BUMDes in order to improve the economy of the community through the identification of several problems in the field and the best solutions provided by the results of this study.