SYNCHRONIZATION OF STRENGTHENING REGIONAL POTENTIALS BASED ON DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

The strengthening of regional potentials synchronizes automatically with the development of the economic sector and gives hope to the determination of government policies in paying attention to sectors that provide excellence in order to facilitate the direction of development planning with the hope that economic growth will be achieved and inequality will decrease. The aim of the research is to analyze the regional leading sectors which provide an overview of economic activities that can determine the development planning process. Sources of secondary data information obtained are GRDP values in Gorontalo Province with a 6 year time series, using the LQ method and the Shift Share method. The results of research based on the LQ method show that the basic sectors are: Mining and Quarrying; Procurement of Electricity and Gas; Transportation and Warehousing; Construction. While using the shift-share method describes the ability to develop and advance which can determine government policy in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries sectors; the Financial Services & Insurance sector; Processing industry; Electricity & Gas; Information & Communication.