Judul: Economic Resilience of Communities in the Outermost Small Islands (Case Study of Marore Islands).
Abstrak: The outermost small islands of the border are strategic areas but do not yet have a platform for their development, Presidential Decree No. 6 of 2017 concerning the determination of the outermost small islands states that the 92 outermost border islands are valuable assets having potential natural resources that can be developed. The Marore Island is one of the 92 outermost islands of the border which composed by several islands, namely: Marore Island, Kawio Island, Kemboleng Island, Matutuang Island, and an uninhabited island called Mamanuk Island. Geostrategically those islands bear a role as border area of the Indonesian state. The Marore Islands as a valuable asset cannot be neglected, since the condition of the economic resilience of the people who inhabit the region depends on natural resources that come from limited land area (agriculture, plantation and animal husbandry, coast and sea (capture fisheries). The selected methodology in this research is a case study of the economic resilience of the people of the outermost border small islands. Primary data was obtained by field observation and in addition of secondary data for the analysis of this study. The purposive sampling method was selected to determine the subjects and followed by data analysis. There are several diversified analysis includes within the evaluation: historical economy obtained form literature review, diachronic analysis, and phenomenological analysis; The vulnerability and isolation of the area are evaluated through vulnerability index analysis and isolation index analysis, comparative analysis of developing village index; Welfare analysis through the aspect of average aggregate income, average aggregate consumption, residual income and underground economy; Economic resilience index analysis; DPSIR analysis; and dynamic model analysis. The results of the historical economy research shows that the people of the Marore Islands and the southern Philippines region have historical and genealogical cultural closeness hence it greatly influences the pattern of economic and social activities of the Marore Islands community. This similarity comes from geo proximity of the Marore Islands region to the southern Philippines (General Santos, Davao, Balut Island, and Sarangani Island). Having a geographical distance from the mainland area also generates an impact on the vulnerability and isolation of the region to the surrounding area (the capital city of the Sangihe Islands Regency), through vulnerability index analysis and isolation, shows that Marore Islands have vulnerability index (V_KM) of 3.34 with the category of moderate vulnerability and isolation index (I_KM) of 2.56 with a fairly isolated category, while the results of the comparative analysis of the Marore Archipelago Village Index show a very significant difference between the status issued by the Ministry of Villages of the Republic of Indonesia 2019 and the results of the Village Building Index analysis which are obtained directly. The differences between index value results were presumed due to different point of view while collecting the information. The values and numbers used in the Village Building Index Ministry of Villages of the Republic of Indonesia 2019 rely on data obtained through local agencies, while the calculation of comparative analysis uses data obtained directly and secondary data and followed by contemporary tests on-site. According to the
Keyword: coastal community welfare, economic resilience, sea border