Global Journal of Human Social Science, E: Economics, Volume 22 Issue 3

Economic Empowerment Model of Coastal Communities Abstract- The research was conducted to determine the level of ec onomic empowerment of coa stal communities. By using qualitative methods, it has been found that the economic level of coastal villages is still low. This is because the community has not been able to take advantage of business opportunities from coastal natural resources. The unsuitable lifestyle of the people also triggers the low level of their economy. The government does not provide them with entrepreneurship education. To overcome this problem, the role of the government is expected to empower the economic level. One solution that can be taken is improving public policies related to the economic development model of coastal village communities. In addition, an understanding of business is needed to find opportunities that exist. Keywords: development economy, empowerment, coastal communities. I. I ntroduction he coastal communities are proof that reflects the reality of imbalance in development compared to the land area. Socio-economic policies related to coastal communities need to be reorganized and directed for coastal communities’ welfare while still preserving the resources so that socio-economic activities of coastal communities can be accelerated and sustainable. Seeing the phenomenon that most of coastal communities work as fishermen, farmers and other unskilled laborers are still live in poverty. From these conditions researchers believe, to release them from the poverty and improve economy level, there should be held a sustainable economic empowerment program. Nevertheless, the empowerment of coastal communities is inseparable from their generic local wisdom. Therefore, in order to empower the coastal communities, the socio-cultural order of society must be the basic element. Development and empowerment of these communities will not be accepted well by them if it never considering to the socio-cultural aspects of local communities. Welfare essentially is the responsibility of the government, but in reality until now the government has not been able to spread evenly the community’s welfare. The economic matters and prosperity of the nation is the responsibility of the government. It has been explained that the prosperity of the people is most preferred not the prosperity of a person. Therefore, the economy is organized as a joint effort based on familial principles. Meanwhile, the economy is built on economic democracy for the prosperity of all. II. P roblem S tatement Based on the phenomenon above, it is necessary to conduct deeper study on: What is the model of economic empowerment of coastal communities in poverty alleviation? III. L iterature R eview Economic and poverty are two links that are always connected. The low level of the economy of a society leads to high levels of poverty. Therefore, it takes hard work continuously to solve it. The collaboration should be carried out by the government, the public and if possible including private sector and it’s expected to be synergized together. However, poverty problem is not easily to be solved, because poverty is a multidimensional problem that covers various aspects of life, not only covering the economic side, but also the social and cultural side. The number of poor people in rural area is caused by the lack of supporting infrastructure, as well as the limited access of transportation, health and education facilities and infrastructure for the people. Geographical conditions greatly affect their economic level. IV. P overty Poverty can be interpreted as a situation where there is an inability to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and drinking water. It is closely related to the life quality. Chambers (1998) poverty is an integrated concept that has five dimensions, namely: proper, Powerless, state of emergency, dependence and isolation both geographically and sociological. T © 2022 Global Journals Volume XXII Issue III Version I 53 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2022 E Author: Universitas Teknologi Surabaya, Indonesia. e-mail: rukinspdmsi1975@gmail.com Rukin