Standard Summary Project Fiche

It has been observed that growth rates of agriculture and service sectors in 1995-2001 period (0.4%
and 1.9%) are close to national average (0.3% and 2.3%). On the other hand manufacturing sector
shrunk by 1.5% while national growth average of this sector is 2%.
Considering high school education, the level of participation is above the national average. The
schooling rate of the region is 44% against 37% as the national average and the only exception is
Bingöl province with a schooling rate of 26%. Paradoxically, in technical and vocational level
education the region falls short of the national average of 21%, demonstrating a schooling rate of only
11%. Investment in human resources within the region is therefore a matter of concern. Although no
specific figures are available, the problem is likely to be much more pronounced in rural areas.
The general SWOT analysis observing strengths and weaknesses of, opportunities and threads for
Malatya NUTS II region deducted by using “Problems, Solutions and Potentials” prepared by
Provincial Study Group in Eastern Anatolia Project (DAP) Master Plan Regional Promotion Meeting-
III and information used in DAP Master Plan. According to this SWOT analysis the strengths of the
region are as follows:
• Comparative advantage of the region in industry, especially in certain sub-sectors
• Being the most developed region in DAP area in terms of industry and GDP per capita
• Producing the highest value-added among regions of DAP area in agriculture and
manufacturing
• Abundance of water resources
• Existence of provinces having comparative advantage in vegetable and fruit production
(Malatya-apricot)
• Richness in mining resources
• Low cost of labor
• Universities of İnönü and Fırat
• Historical richness
• Organized industrial zones where infrastructure has been completed
Besides these strengths, the region has some weaknesses that are pointed below:
• Insufficiency in urban and rural infrastructure
• Deficiencies in health and education services
• Promotion and marketing problems of the produced goods and services having comparative
advantage
• Inadequacy in qualified workforce
• Low level and poor variety of agricultural production
• Low level of capacity utilization rate in industry
• Deficiencies in management of water resources
• Unconsciousness of private sector about international quality standards
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