REVITALIZING THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN EMPOWERING TRADITIONAL MARKET TRADERS IN DKI JAKARTA

The focus of this paper is the Role of the City Government of South Jakarta in Empowering Traditional Market Traders. In the implementation of empowerment of traditional market traders, several roles can be carried out, as stated by Ife (1998) who says that empowerment can be done through the role of facilitator, educational role, role of representation and technical role. The method used in this study is a qualitative method, and through In this design, the purpose of the research is to obtain a description of phenomena, facts or empirical data, the nature and phenomenal relationships of the role of empowerment carried out by the government towards traditional market traders in South Jakarta City in fact in the field. The role of local government in empowering traditional market traders has been implemented but has obtained optimal results. The obstacles faced in carrying out these four roles stem from the government and from traditional market traders. The implementation of empowerment of traditional market traders is not only seen in the process but also in the form of government institutions. Benuk institutions show the government's paradigm in viewing the market as a place for economic transactions to become a public space where