LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI ... - LED

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Comparative analysis turnover (Y aixs - in
mln GEL) and employment (X axis) in
Georgia and Tbilisi
2004
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2005
2001
2006
2006
2003
2004
2002
2001
2005
Industry turnover
in Georgia
Industry
employment in
Georogia
Industry turnover
in Tbilisi
Industry
employment in
Tbilisi
On the collective chart
presenting the rate of
the turnover and
employment growth
the rise in turnover
and employment could
be observed both in
Tbilisi and throughout
Georgia. In the last
two years both
parameters grew. In
Georgia a significant
reduction of
employment in 2006
can be seen but not in
Tbilisi despite the rise
in the turnover values
in Tbilisi and Georgia
in years 2001-2006.
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Conclusions
A thorough analysis of the tourist, construction, industry and trade clusters
gives a clear picture of the situation and the processes that are taking place in
the local economy of Tbilisi. The importance of the examined clusters can
demonstrated by means of the following conclusions:
- the examined clusters generate locally almost 80% of the national turnover
in these clusters;
- the employment in the examined clusters accounts for 50% - 80% of the
total employment in Georgia;
- a significant rise in the turnover volume (it almost doubled both nationally
and in Tbilisi) is a common tendency for all the clusters, particularly in the
observed period of 2004-2006;
- due to the dynamic growth of the examined markets a change in the
employment took place in each of them in the period of 2004-2006. The
number of the jobs in the construction cluster almost doubled (not in the last
year, though). After the period of falling figures since 2004 the industry cluster
has been providing 10% more jobs annually and it is a cluster that generates
the highest employment among the examined markets. Also the employment
in the hotel industry has been growing since 2003 at a rate of 10% per year.
The market of trade, repair of vehicles, personal and household goods, after a
period of 2001 – 2005 when the employment was growing, has reduced its
workforce below 25 000 people, i.e. to the level similar to 2003;
- In each of the examined clusters the steady rise in salaries has been
observed. The best paid jobs are in the construction cluster. The average pay
in this cluster is 30% higher than in the whole Tbilisi business sector and its