Improving the Performance of Village-Owned Enterprises in Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province Ferdy Rosbarnawan (1), Alfayanti (2), Harwindah (1), Almidianto (1), Rahmi Wati (1), Andre Mukti (1), Andi Ishak (2), Wawan Eka Putra (2), Emlan Fauzi (2)
(1) Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Provinsi Bengkulu
(2) National Research and Innovation Agency
Abstract
Village-owned enterprises or BUMDES are important institutions for village economic development. Therefore, efforts are needed to improve the performance of BUMDES through program intervention from the government. This research aims to determine the performance of BUMDES in Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province. Secondary data sourced from the Bengkulu Province Community and Village Empowerment Service in 2023 was analyzed descriptively using cross-tabulation and correlated with several characteristic variables of BUMDES, namely the existence of BUMDES, ranking of Bumdes, legal entity status, number of business units, superior business units, village funds inclusion, and BUMDES contribution to the village^s original income. The results show that the performance of BUMDES institutions in Mukomuko Regency is still relatively low. As many as 95.27% of the villages in Mukomuko Regency already have BUMDES, but only 3.55% have legal entities, and 74.32% have not been categorized according to the BUMDES ranking. Apart from that, 21.62% of BUMDES have not received village fund inclusion and the dominant primary business units are still Savings and Loans as well as Services business. Only 11.49% of BUMDES have generated original village income. The variables of the number of business units and village funds inclusion are positively and significantly related to other BUMDES characteristic variables, except for legal entity status. Therefore, to improve the performance of BUMDES, it is necessary to diversify productive business units and increase village funds inclusion.
Keywords: Bumdes, performance, business diversification, village funds, village original income
