Jurnal Inovasi Ekonomi
Vol. 5 No. 02 (2020): Economic Challenges in Covid-19 Outbreak

COVID-19: Public support to handle economic challenges

Mohammad Hidayaturrahman (Department of Social Politics, Universitas Wiraraja)
Edy Purwanto (Department of Social Politics, Universitas Wiraraja)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Apr 2020

Abstract

COVID-19, which has become a world pandemic, has hit the economic sectors of countries in the world, including Indonesia. Indonesia's economic growth is predicted to be only around 2% or even 0%. This research was conducted to analyze how public support for government efforts to deal with COVID-19 and describe how the economic challenges faced. This research uses descriptive qualitative method by collecting data through in-depth interviews with several informants relating to public support for government efforts. Data collection is also done by searching for related documents online. From the research conducted, the government has the opportunity and strength to carry out initiatives to deal with COVID-19. Administrative support, regional government, business, political parties, including the opposition, and the people are tremendous. The problem is, the government's efforts and scenarios are not visible to anticipate the economic threats that are already in sight. This research wants to uncover the power of government in the form of public support in dealing with COVID-19, and remind the government, the economic challenges faced with the existence of COVID-19.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JIKO

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Jurnal Inovasi Ekonomi (JIKO) has been accredited by the National Journal Accreditation (ARJUNA) Managed by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia, and is currently ranked 4th (Sinta 4). Indexed at Google Scholar and Dimensions. JIKO is an open-access ...