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This article addresses the sustainability of post disaster assistance program for economic recovery in the context of the 2019’s Flood and landslide in Bengkulu Province by presenting an analysis of its sustainability (e.g., Exit Strategy) of the economic recovery program. The purpose of this sustainability assessment were: first, to ensure that that the program will continue to run even though the program will be ended; and second, to ensure the process of business still running and the member of business group take initiative to have better motivation towards a better situation and increased their income. Data was gathered through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and analysed using Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS) approach. Based on the MDS analyses for all dimensions was resulted an index of 58.88%, meaning that the program was “moderately/sufficiently sustainable” for the business groups in Susup Village, Merigi Sakti District, Central Bengkulu