Entrepreneurship as Social Problem Solving : Case Study in Tasikmalaya

Abstract

Social problems are problems that are contrary to the
social values adopted by society, such as poverty.
Tasikmalaya Regency is one of the areas that has a fairly
high poverty rate. MSMEs are one way to alleviate
poverty. The purpose of this study is to determine the
role of MSMEs in solving social problems in Tasikmalaya
Regency. The results of this study are that SMEs play a
role in reducing unemployment with the comparison
that 1 UMKM can empower 2-9 workers. In addition,
MSMEs in Tasikmalaya Regency can reduce the number
of poor people. This can be seen from the average
amount of wages received by workers in the MSME
sector which is above the monthly expenditure for
basic needs with a ratio of IDR 3.150.572,55 to IDR
977.655 per capita.