تحليلي از ساختار صنعت در استان اصفهان

The Structure of Industry in Isfahan Province

The prevailing conditions in the industry sector of the country is indicative of the fact that the present structure of the sector is not capable of playing its rightful and expected key role in the process of the economic development of Iran. Therefore all efforts have to be made to make this sector more efficient, and this wouldnʹt be materialized unless, the industrial capabilities and potentials are known and identified at country level in general and at provinces level in particular. These efforts would undoubtedly provide proper and suitable grounds for the expansion of non-oil exports and hence would lead to economic growth and sustainable development of the country. In this paper the industrial potentials and capabilities in the Isfahan province are determined and to this end by utilizing the multiple indexes the Factor Analysis and Numerical Taxonomy approach have been employed for the period 1373 to 1376.The results demonstrate that the structure of the industry in Isfahan province is highly diversified. Furthermore in this structure emphasis and concentrations have been put on a vast range of consumption, capital intensive and intermediate industries, rather than on the priority industries and industries which enjoy comparative advantage. These results are also indicative of the fact that the industrial structure of the province is not conducing to efficient allocation of resources and does not satisfy the economic efficiency requirements.