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Economics and development

A Proposed Approach to restructuring government companies affiliated with the public sector in Iraq

Ali Abdul Rahim al-Aboudi - researcher in political economy Summary: The Public companies inherited from the previous regime numbered 176, most losing companies relying on government financing through the budget, except oil companies representing for-profit companies. The current reality of state-owned enterprises misses the opportunity cost other than the current state-funded reality;...

Iraq in the index of most polluted countries

Ahmed Khudair Hussain - Director of the Department of Social Studies Summary: Environmental researchers and scholars point to air pollution as the greatest threat to environmental health in the world, poor air quality poses a risk of chronic diseases including heart disease, diabetes, chronic pulmonary embolism, and lung cancer, as well...

Climate Change and Desertification and their social impact on Women

Ahmed Nateq Ahmed Al-Alusi - researcher Introduction: Recently, the issue of climate change has become the most important and perilous issue on the list of international meetings, which has resulted in several international cooperatives, conventions, and treaties, intended to address or reduce them, that the main reasons for this, are the...

Iraq’s position according to Good Governance Indicators: Obstacles and Solutions

Ali Abdul Rahim al-Aboudi: Faculty of political science / Al-Nahrain University Since the establishment of the Iraqi state in 1921, Iraq has been living in a clear impasse and confusion, except for some stagnant periods, it is living in a political impasse, due to the lack of a clear definition...

Unemployment in Iraq: between reality and the Priorities of the Ministerial Programme

Mohamed Abdel Saleh - Al-Nahrin University/Faculty of Business Economics Introduction: The process of development and economic growth requires concerted action by economic policies to optimize the use of human resources to eliminate unemployment through the compatibility of the labor force requirements of the national economy, which are available under a specific...

Social Security programs according to the preferences of workers in Iraq

Salam Jabbar Shihab, a researcher in political economy Summary: Although the size of the labor force in Iraq is between (6-7) million people in the private sector, but (18) thousand workers are registered in social welfare programs. The Social Security Law for workers will not be passed in Iraq as long as...

Iraq’s depleted energy capacity and expansion of its investment regionally and internationally

Dr. Abdul Samad Saadoun - professor of International economic relations A prelude: It is no secret to any of the researchers specializing in the study and analysis of energy in the world that Iraq is a country rich in conventional or depleted energy, specifically oil and natural gas. although those energy...

Funding Small Projects in Iraq in Light of the Small Income-Generating Projects Support Law No. (10) of 2012

Dr. Salam Jabbar Shihab: Researcher in Political Economy Dr. Ali Abdulrahim Al-Aboudi: Ph.D. in Political Economy Summary:  There is a need to unify the efforts of financing institutions in Iraq to gain a deeper understanding of the needs of the groups applying for these types of loans. It is noted that smaller...

Analysis study of Iraq’s draft federal budget for the fiscal year 2023

D. Ali Abdulrahim al-Aboudi: A researcher in political economy Summary The approval of the budget for three consecutive years represents a new advantage, a gesture that can rid the Government of the problem of not approving budgets. Moreover, the Budget Act explicitly applies to the Government's program. It also contains more...

The window for selling foreign currency in Iraq between response and necessity

Ali Abdul Rahim al-Aboudi is a researcher specializing in political economy Synopsis: The reliance of Iraqi decision-makers on a single function to sell hard currencies according to a fixed exchange rate led to the formation of a fallacy idea that oil revenues will maintain the sustainability of oil prices, which led...