Public Trust in the Capital Assistance Program for Business Actor (Case Study of Manggalung Village, Indonesia)

Abstract

This study aims to determine public trust in the capital assistance program for productive economic entrepreneurs in Manggalung Village, Mandalle District, Pangkep Regency, seen from the indicators of benevolence, honesty, and competence. Among the many villages in Indonesia, Manggalung Village in the Mandalle District of the Pangkep Regency is one of the villages that has issued many strategic plans to build the people’s economy. In addition to providing services and developing rural facilities and infrastructure, the program of providing assistance to productive economic entrepreneurs in the form of capital assistance is also an important program that can enhance public trust. The research method used is descriptive quantitative analysis. There are 102 people in the sample for this study. The data types include the primary data obtained through questionnaire surveys, while the secondary data comes from data from the Manggalung Village Office, documents and regulations related to the research question. The results showed that the community had sufficient confidence in the capital assistance program for productive economic entrepreneurs in Manggalung Village, but there were still indicators that could not be trusted, namely the honesty index. This is due to the lack of socialization and transparency of budget arrangements and allocations.