Managing <i>Waqf</i> Land in Indonesia: ANP-Driven Strategies

Abstract

This study aims to elaborate on the main problems of developing &lt;i&gt;waqf&lt;/i&gt; (perpetual charitable trust) land in Indonesia and provide identifiable empirical results of the main problem, solutions, and strategy as a framework to guide stakeholders to produce policy recommendations appropriately using the Analytical Networking Process (ANP) approach. Several steps were followed: decomposition, model quantification, and result analysis. The initial data was collected through a literature review, focus group discussion, and in-depth interviews. This data was used to construct an ANP framework, which was then analyzed using &lt;i&gt;Superdecision&lt;/i&gt; software to obtain conclusions. This study found that the most considerable aspect regarding &lt;i&gt;waqf&lt;/i&gt; land development in Indonesia was the managerial issue. Unprofessional management has become a top priority. The &lt;i&gt;waqf&lt;/i&gt; institution should increase its responsibility to the public, which is the highest rank of solution regarding the &lt;i&gt;waqf&lt;/i&gt; land problems. This research also derived the strategy recommendations: reforming and strengthening &lt;i&gt;waqf&lt;/i&gt; regulation.