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Economics and development

Youth Employment Policies in Iraq: Community Bribery or Practical Need

Mustafa Al-Sarai - Department of Political Studies at the Bayan Center for Studies and Planning Hiam Ali Al-Marhaj - Department of Women's Studies at Al-Ban Center for Studies and Planning Introduction: Employment policies in Iraq in the field of the public sector suffer many problems and dialectics due to the general conditions...

Turning climate change threats into opportunities

Azzam Alloush - researcher Introduction In recent years, Iraq has witnessed frequent and escalating dust storms and increasing temperatures in Iraq and the region (3 to 5 degrees Celsius, compared to the 1960s). We have seen multiple droughts in the past two decades, and even snowfall and rainfall appear to be...

Iraq and the BRICS bloc between the keys to entry challenges

Abdul Samad Saadoun Abdullah - Iraqi researcher Executive summary Currently, Iraq, despite having the stimulating qualifications to join the BRICS, faces obstacles and challenges in economic and political arrangements, which are not expected to be attractive in its short- and medium-term invitation to join unless it works to develop a plan...

Banking Industry in Iraq: Between Discipline and Chaos

Imad Mohammed Ali Abdul Latif - Professor of Financial and Monetary Economics, College of Management and Economics, University of Baghdad Summary: -The financial and banking system in Iraq has been significantly affected by political and economic circumstances, including wars and economic disruption, rendering it a traditional and sluggish financial system. This...

Climate change in Iraq: associated risks and the nature of the response

Ahmed Khudair Hussein - Department of Social Studies, Al Bayan Center for Studies and Planning. Background: Research and studies indicate the magnitude of the social risks associated with the climate changes in Iraq today some stemming from the human activities of subtracting enormous amounts of gases from various manufacturing activities, fossil...

Iraq’s water supply dilemma and demand management problem

Salam Jabbar Shehab - researcher Executive summary: The enormous complexities surrounding the water sector will lead to a significant decline and a major crisis in the water sector, and Iraq may find itself without rivers shortly. Government plans, including those of ministries, may not be able to resist reaching the abyss in...

Iraq population (The inevitable path, possible opportunity, and the limited responses)

Ali abdalameer Alkabee - Professor of Demography and Population Studies, University of Baghdad Introduction With the beginning of thinking about leaving the idea of natural geographical determinism, which dominated human thought for decades quickly returned, but with a new perspective, and seemed to acquire ideas and discussion, but inevitably with the...

Iraq oil-for-Iranian gas exchange deal: Reading on economic consequences under US dollar conversion restrictions

Ahmed Jassim Al-Yasiri/Faculty of Administration and Economics - University of Kufa Summary Iraq imports electricity and gas from Iran, which totals between a third and (40%) of its energy supply, particularly in the hot summer months when temperatures reach 50 degrees Celsius, which reaches peak energy consumption. Iraq is having trouble paying...

Effective waste management policies: a vision of challenges and solutions

Saif Diaa Dair - graduate student in the Ph.D. program at Al-Nahrin University Imad Salah Sheikh Daoud - Professor of Public Policy and Sustainable Development at Al-Nahrin University introduction: The problem of pollution and waste has aroused human interest since the very beginning of civilization on Earth. The Mesopotamian civilization and the...

Iraq Development Road Project: Diplomatic Stakes with Strategic and geopolitical dimensions

 Faras Abbas Hashem - Basra University/Faculty of Law Introduction: At the outset, Iraq became aware of the need to develop new visions of ideas that would frame its position on geopolitical changes in the current regional and international environment. and constitutes an impetus that can be based on the orientations of...