INFORMAL SECTOR SHOULD BE A SOLUTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE MAIN FOCUS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY TO SOCIAL WELFARE

Indonesia is an archipelago with a high population. Lot of indonesia citizen have age productivities as human worker. But  the opportunity of  jobs is decrease, that is show us that amount of labor is not equal with the jobs available. so that the unemployment in Indonesia is high. If that condition is neglected, it will be a problem for our country, Especially  impact to the economic of country. And this time we should act from and discuss with government to solve this problem with policy that they have.

To solve this problem we can see the opportunities that exist. we start look at the  human resources. How about the skills and knowledge possessed by the citizens of the labor force. Most of them just graduates from junior high school,  it because of goverment policy that citizen duty to study at school while nine years. It is based the Law of National Education. 2/1989.  The policy aims to answare the challenges and needs of the time and create a knowledgeable society through basic education. But is has not been implemented evenly and thoroughly. Other factors such as no high motivation of the community to implement the policy so that it becomes ineffective. in addition, because the primary targets of this program are elementary school children as a result of the labor force are still not school age can not enjoy the program. so that there are still many people who can not read and write. then the government issued a policy that requires all people to read and write. but the high competitive ability with outside labor can still owned by Indonesian labor . but duty to study at school until nine years old is still below of neighbors labor capabilities. Education is not indicator of skill that labor to have but the other skill should be have the labor.

Gradually the program do not runs fine, because the government do not easy to enter and influence the people. In this time the informal sector which we need to to be able to convey the message easily adjust the pattern of behavior for society. Institutions derived from its existence in the informal sector are aware but not legally recognized, but this is pretty much the institution, in Indonesia almost every region has this institution, so this institution is very close to the society even more familiar patterns of behavior of people in each region.

Currently the informal sector is not only close to the community and as a means messenger of the government, but when the informal sector has expanded into an independent institution so that the informal sector has a big potential to absorb the labor. Because it stimulates the entrepreneurial and local economic growth of society. This is show from the innovation created by the informal sector to create jobs with training to improve the quality of public resources. employment in this sector is very flexible ie not considering gender age, and location that type of work. Examples of the work of the informal sector are small shops, street vendors (PKL), tricycles, parking stylists, musicians and street children, market traders, farm workers and others. Based on Central Bureau of Statistics, to note that the informal sector in Indonesia is almost the average becomes the largest foreign exchange earner of the entire GDP (gross domestic product). particularly in agriculture which is about 304 777.10. In many agricultural informal sector surplus labor is absorbed, reaching 39,959,073 people by 2013, and it is the highest of all the inhabitants of the labor force 15 years and over based on field work.

It shows that the informal sector can be a solution in the informal sector of employment in addition to the field work was able to create an independent and sustainable in order to overcome the problem of unemployment, which in turn will boost the country's economy. It is clear from the important role of government. It is expected that the government should prioritize the informal sector. it is not possible, existing informal sector can develop large as the formal sector. With proper management and development of the informal sector that could support the Indonesian economy.

Of course, the informal sector has been the main focus should be on policy-making for the welfare of society. And if this can be done by the government, the informal sector is no longer a marginalized sector. So the informal sector can be a fundamental force for economic development.