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Effectiveness of Village Community Empowerment Program Reducing Poverty in Palakka District Yunus, Andi Muhammad; Asdar, Andi; Cahaya, Andi; Triadi, Feby; Awaluddin A, M.
Public Resource Innovation Management and Excellence November 2024, Volume 1 Number 3
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Poverty is a complex social problem and is still a challenge in various regions, including in Palakka District, Bone Regency, South Sulawesi. One of the efforts made to overcome this problem is through a village community empowerment program. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of community empowerment programs in poverty alleviation and identify more optimal strategies to improve community welfare. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach with a case study in Palakka District. Data collection techniques include in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation analysis. The results of the study indicate that the village community empowerment program has a positive impact on improving community welfare, especially through increasing individual capacity, access to entrepreneurship training, and increasing community income through productive businesses. However, the effectiveness of the program still faces several challenges, such as limited supporting infrastructure, limited market access, and lack of sustainable funding. This study confirms that active community participation, government support, and synergy with the private sector and non-governmental organizations are key factors in the success of community empowerment programs. Improvements are needed in policies and program implementation to be more oriented to local needs and ensure the sustainability of the program in the long term. With a more integrated and strategic approach, it is hoped that the village community empowerment program can be an effective solution in eradicating poverty sustainably in Palakka District, Bone Regency.
Public Service Bureaucracy and the Tradition of Nobility: Cultural Resistance to the New Public Service Ethos Asdar, Muhammad; Asdar, Andi; Mashuri, Mashuri; Yunus, Andi Muhammad; Jumiati, Jumiati
Public Resource Innovation Management and Excellence June 2025, Volume 2 Number 2
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This study analyzes the influence of aristocratic traditions on leadership and public service bureaucratic practices in Bone Regency, South Sulawesi, and examines the forms of cultural resistance that hinder the implementation of the New Public Service (NPS) ethos. Using a qualitative ethnographic approach, data were collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and document analysis, then analyzed thematically using a Weberian theoretical framework and the NPS paradigm. The results show that aristocratic traditions are not merely a cultural identity but also a source of political and administrative legitimacy that shapes paternalistic leadership styles and reinforces patron-client patterns within the bureaucracy. In public service practices, formal procedures such as SOPs and digital systems often experience decoupling from informal mechanisms that still emphasize personal closeness and status symbols. This cultural resistance creates a paradox: the bureaucracy appears institutionally modern, but its practices remain patrimonial. This study emphasizes that bureaucratic reform in regions with a noble heritage must consider the local cultural context, by reinterpreting aristocratic values as social capital to support participatory, inclusive, and egalitarian public services. These findings provide theoretical contributions to contextual public administration studies as well as practical implications for bureaucratic reform strategies in similar areas.