The emergence of the idea of empowering the poor through the Joint
Business Group program is based on the idea that everyone has the
potential and abilities that can be developed. However, the awareness and
participation of members of the Joint Business Group on the success of the
program is very low. Islam calls for social change to eradicate injustice and
improve social welfare.
The focus of this research is: 1) How to Empower the Poor through the
Joint Business Group Program in Pemangkat District? 2) How is the
Empowerment of the Poor through the Joint Business Group Program in
Pemangkat Subdistrict with the Islamic Economic Perspective?
This study uses a field approach (field research) with a type of
qualitative research. The technique of collecting data by means of
interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis used data
reduction, data display, conclusion and verification. Primary data sources
were obtained from the Social, Community and Village Empowerment Office
of Sambas Regency, a companion to the Pemangkat District Joint Business
Group, Chair of the Joint Business Group and members of the Joint
Business Group. Meanwhile, secondary data is obtained from books on
empowerment, previous research that discusses the empowerment of Joint
Business Groups and data from the internet.
The results showed that empowerment of the poor through programs
that have been issued by the government, which can be concluded in this
study that the empowerment of the poor through the Joint Business Group
program that has been issued by the government is still not in accordance
with government expectations due to several factors including location
selection, socialization of empowerment. community, the community
empowerment process, community independence as an instrument for empowering joint business groups have not been maximally implemented in
the field. In addition, the failure to empower the poor through the KUBE
program in Pemangkat District is caused by internal and external factors of
KUBE that have not implemented sharia economic values in carrying out
their business activities, namely lack of fairness, lack of cooperation and
lack of trust.