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    Urban Economic Structure of the Amhara Region: Assessment Using Economic Base and Shift Share Analysis
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-06-01) Abebaw Tesfaw; Fekadu Gurmesssa (Dr)
    This study attempts to economic structure of the Amhara region: assessment using economic base and shift share analysis. Based on the specific objectives, the researcher assessed basic and non-basic sectors of the region’s economy, the major competitive edge economy as well as the shift share analysis and the change of the region economy over the two years. The research data were secondary data and the study used urban industrial employment data for two points in time for the years 2014 and 2018 as conducted by CSA. The research used two time data for the year of 2014 and 2018, to examine basic and non-basic industry sectors of study region for the reason that the most appropriate. As shift share technique used to identify regional mix share, national growth share and industry mix share of the study region. More over the research used quantitative research approach and descriptive research. Result indicate that all mining (0.7 & 0.8), water supply (0.9& 0.8), wholesaler trade (0.7& 0.5) most transportation activities, accommodation (0.9& 0.6) and food services, rental leasing activities (0.8 & 0.1), real estate (0.2&0.21, manufacturing activities are no longer the backbone of the economy of Amhara region economy, for the reason that location quotient results of these sector are less than one. These sectors showed decline of employment over the 5-year period and also based on the finding Amhara region is weak within these industry sectors. While Agriculture, forestry & fishing, manufacturing of textiles (1.3& 1.1) and manufacturing of furniture (1.2& 1.1) gas(1&1) construction of building(1&1),public administration(1&1),education(1&1) sports activities (1.12& 1.1) are the most strong (robust) sectors contributing employment growth for Amhara region in 2014 to 2018 year urban economic sectors. These sectors are the positive economic growth of Amhara region. The employment multiplier (EM) results indicate the total export employment for Amhara region was 7.131, where the total local employment levels is-1586988. Based on industrial growth share calculation, there are a total of six industries that are losing their regional growth share in the local economy as compared to the national: those are wholesale trade (-33291) administrative and support service activities (-22882), professional (- 585144), extraterritorial organizations -911232.4, financial and insurance and other service activities. Based on these sectors Amhara region has lost largest amount of jobs. Moreover based on these industry sectors Amhara region falls below the benchmark region. The other industrial sectors such as agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, construction, and education are gaining more amount of jobs employment. The regional and national governments should be providing additional job employment within those sectors. And the planner and the policy makers should try to develop additional investments, new planning and strategies’ in each industrial sector.