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The Role Of Village-Owned Enterprises (Bumdes) In Empowering Women's Economy In Simpang Dolok Village, Batu Bara Regency Sitorus, Yusriadi; Fadlan, Ahmad; Faried, Annisa Ilmi
Journal of Management, Economic, and Accounting Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): April
Publisher : Universitas Dehasen Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37676/jmea.v5i2.1572

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Women's economic empowerment in rural areas continues to face complex structural and cultural barriers, including patriarchal norms, domestic double burden, and limited access to economic resources. Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) have been promoted as strategic instruments for rural community economic empowerment; however, the concrete mechanisms of their role in substantively empowering women remain insufficiently studied, particularly in the coastal regions of North Sumatra. This study aims to understand the role of BUMDes in women's economic empowerment in Simpang Dolok Village, Batu Bara Regency, through three key dimensions: access to resources, agency or participation, and control over economic achievements, drawing on Kabeer's (1999; 2005) women's empowerment framework. This study employs a qualitative approach with an intrinsic single-case study design. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs), participatory observation, and documentary analysis involving 22 purposively selected informants, comprising BUMDes member and non-member women, BUMDes administrators, village officials, and husbands of key informants. The findings reveal that BUMDes "Sejahtera Bersama" has opened women's access to collateral-free business capital, skills training, and productive employment opportunities, driving an average income increase from IDR 680,000 to IDR 1,604,000 per month, representing a 135.9 percent improvement. In the participation dimension, this study identifies four forms of women's participation existing on a continuum: passive, operational, collective, and administrative-formal, with only collective participation demonstrating substantive agency transformation. In the control dimension, 62.5 percent of women hold full or partial control over their income, while 37.5 percent continue to face husbands' control over their earnings. This study also identifies a backlash phenomenon from husbands as a risk accompanying women's economic empowerment that has largely been overlooked in Indonesian BUMDes literature. Overall, BUMDes functions as an institutional arena that simultaneously transforms and reproduces gender relations, resulting in empowerment that is partial and unequal. Genuine empowerment requires interventions that not only expand economic access but also transform gender norms within households and BUMDes governance structures toward greater gender responsiveness.
Analysis of Capital, Labor, Education Level, and Access to Finance on UMKM Turnover Growth in Plaju Darat Tobing, Batara Reinhard Partogi L; Ramadhan, Anggia; Fadlan, Ahmad
Journal of Management, Economic, and Accounting Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): April
Publisher : Universitas Dehasen Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37676/jmea.v5i2.1606

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This study aims to examine the effects of business capital, labour size, the educational attainment of entrepreneurs, and access to finance on the growth of UMKM turnover in Plaju Darat Subdistrict, Palembang City. The study adopts a quantitative approach using secondary data for the period 2013-2024 obtained from Statistics Indonesia and the Palembang City Office of Cooperatives and UMKM. Multiple linear regression is employed as the analytical method. The findings indicate that business capital and labour size have a positive and statistically significant effect on UMKM turnover growth, while the educational attainment of entrepreneurs has no significant effect. Meanwhile, access to finance has a negative and statistically significant effect, indicating that the short-term burden of formal financing constrains UMKM turnover performance. Simultaneously, all four independent variables significantly affect UMKM turnover growth, with the model demonstrating a very high level of explanatory power. These results underscore the importance of strengthening internal production factors and adopting more adaptive financing policies to promote sustainable UMKM growth.
Palm Oil Supply Chain Analysis : Village Potential In Processing Factories In East Halongonan District, North Padang Lawas Regency Ningsih, Nova Ayu; Hasanah, Uswatun; Fadlan, Ahmad
Journal of Management, Economic, and Accounting Vol. 5 No. 3 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37676/jmea.v5i3.1630

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of the palm oil supply chain in developing village potential in processing factories in East Halongonan District, North Padang Lawas Regency. This study uses a quantitative approach applied to time-series data from 2015 - 2024 with secondary data from the Central Statistics Agency which is analyzed using Multiple Linear Regression techniques after fulfilling classical assumption tests such as normality, multicollinearity and heteroscedasticity. The results of this study's analysis indicate that partially Land Area (X1) has a positive and significant effect on GRDP (Y) with a calculated t-value of 5.671> t-table 2.01 and sig. 0.03 <0.05. Production Amount (X2) also has a positive and significant effect on GRDP (Y) with a calculated t-value of 7.360> t-table 2.01 and sig. 0.02 <0.05. Production Selling Price (X3) also has a significant effect on GRDP (Y) with a t-count of 6.872 > 2.01 and sig. 0.01 < 0.05. The Number of Workers also has a significant effect on GRDP (Y) with a t-count of 4.313 > 2.01 and sig. 0.04 < 0.05. Simultaneously, the four variables show an F-count of 16.739 > F-table of 5.19 and sig. 0.00 < 0.05 with a coefficient of determination of 87.5% which explains the variation in GRDP, the rest is influenced by external factors of 12.5%.