Analytical study: Development potentials to specify the economic basis of Karbala Governorate - Iraq

The process of determining the economic basis of a governorate is achieved through studying the potentials and the resources hidden in that region, then analyze them with the help of tools in this field. One of these tools is the methodology of provincial unit average that is coincided to be one of the effective methods used in special analysis and studying the effectiveness of location in the governorates under study. The aims are to study and analyze the development potentials of the Karbala governorate regularities to determine the economic basis on which these regularities are based, in order to guide those regularities to reasonable development trends within their available potentials. This is achieved by activating and directing the potentials to correspond to the implicit potential in that place. It has been found that Karbala has many characteristics and neglected capabilities that can be promoted to provide the region with important products and job opportunities that help to bridge the unemployment gap that Iraq generally, and Karbala in particular. The strategic location of Karbala has an active role in providing many neighboring governorates with resources and capabilities that help their development and advancement to form an effective growth pole for the development of activities at the national level.