Disucuss manufacturing industry in Ethiopia focusing on spatial distribution and major challenge
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The Ethiopian manufacturing sector is still far from being an engine of growth and economic transformation. ... The sector is dominated by small firms and resource-based industries, low-value and low-technology products, and weak inter-sectoral and intra-sectoral linkages.
Answer: In 1995/96 the top ten towns accounted for about 85% of the total number of establishments and 80% of employment; where in the same year Addis Ababa alone accounted for about 70% and 60% respectively. This concentration has shown a modest decline and in 2009/10 the top ten towns share reached 60% and 65% of the total number of MLSM establishments and employment respectively. The share of Addis Ababa also correspondingly declined to 40% and 46% respectively in the same year. New industrial towns such as Burayu, Sululta, Sebeta, Mojo, and Ambo are emerging around the capital city. Four of these were among the top ten industrial towns in both 2003/04 and 2009/10. This brings the concentration in Addis Ababa and the surrounding towns (in a 100 km radius), for example in 2009/10, to above 48 per cent (number of establishments) and 52% (in terms of employment).
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