Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Masyarakat di Sentra Industri Gerabah Kasongan Bantul
Economic empowerment with the involvement of the community will have a good impact on the economic recovery of the nation, through Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises that will develop. The purpose of the research that has been done is to explain the role of Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, especially in the center of the earthenware industry Desa Kasongan, Kecamatan Kasihan, Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, in community economic development. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method with a literature study approach. The results of this research are knowing that the center of the earthenware industry in Kasongan is an example of the government’s efforts in economic empowerment by making the earthenware craftsmen independent. Thereby increasing the growth rate of the industrial sector. This is also an example of the government’s attention in Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises development which will have a good impact on the development of the country’s economy. The results of this research can provide encouragement for other regions to pay attention and make efforts to develop the Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, like what happened in the earthenware industry Desa Kasongan.