Empowerment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as Economic Drivers in Village

Mardani

2019

Abstract

The prosperity of a country can be measured from various fields or different perspectives, one of them from the perspective of the country's economic conditions. Entering the era of 2006 as the era of the recovery of the structure of economic life after seven years of economic crisis and continued to the multidimensional crisis in 1998, so that to improve the level of the economy in Indonesia one of them by empowering the Indonesian people through SME programs. Judging from the size of the workforce, Small Businesses have a workforce greater than five people up to a maximum of 20 people. Have a turnover of at least 200,000,000 per year. Whereas the criteria for a medium enterprise, if it has a workforce of more than 20 people, is equal to 100 people. Of the number of SMEs in Indonesia, there are quite several, around 99.9% of the total number of companies in Indonesia. SMEs can accommodate 99% of the existing workforce. In the formation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), SMEs account for only 59%, and large businesses contribute 41% of GDP. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have a strategic role in national economic development. In addition to playing a role in economic growth and employment, it also plays a role in the distribution of development results. In the economic crisis that occurred in our country since some time ago, where many large-scale businesses have stagnated or even stopped their activities, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector proved to be more resilient in dealing with the crisis. So that the growth and empowerment of the SME sector becomes a necessity in the context of creating new jobs, both in the formal sector and the informal sector

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mardani. (2019). Empowerment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as Economic Drivers in Village.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Business, Economy, Entrepreneurship and Management - Volume 1: ICBEEM, ISBN 978-989-758-471-8, pages 673-676. DOI: 10.5220/0009964606730676

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icbeem19,
author={Mardani},
title={Empowerment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as Economic Drivers in Village},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Business, Economy, Entrepreneurship and Management - Volume 1: ICBEEM,},
year={2019},
pages={673-676},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009964606730676},
isbn={978-989-758-471-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Business, Economy, Entrepreneurship and Management - Volume 1: ICBEEM,
TI - Empowerment of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as Economic Drivers in Village
SN - 978-989-758-471-8
AU - Mardani.
PY - 2019
SP - 673
EP - 676
DO - 10.5220/0009964606730676