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Economics and development

Basra oil Between the magnitude reserves and the waste of resources

Dr.Yahya Hamoud Hassan- university of Basra-college of management and economics Executive Summary: The exportability of Basra oil features international correlations related to the foreign market, it requires the Iraqi marketing company to increase the profit of exporting Iraqi crude oil in the international oil markets, by achieving some kind...

The Port Sector in Iraq Between Reality and Challenges

Dr. Adnan Farhan Al-Jourani, Department of Economics/ College of Administration and Economics, University of Basra. Executive Summary: Improving the efficiency of Iraqi ports reduces trade costs, increases added value, creates new business, and attracts certain economic sectors. It also helps to support and assure economic and political independence and lowers...

Governance Of Border Crossings And Its Reflection On The Volume Of Customs Revenues (Shalamcheh Border Crossing As A Model)

Rowaida Hussein Hassan - Economic Researcher. Executive summary: The 5% Iraq Reconstruction Tax was imposed, which contributed to the dumping of goods destined for Iraq, including consumer goods. The revenues of the Shalamcheh border crossing rise to 27 trillion Iraqi dinars in 2019, and the increase indicator is likely to...

The Global Inflation Crisis Of 2022 and Its Impact on The Iraqi Economy

Dr. Wejdan Faleh Hassan - University of Maysan. Summary: The financial policies that accompanied the response to the Corona epidemic, including debt relief policies, and the indebtedness of governments, whether from within or abroad, have contributed to increasing financial pressures on the governments of countries in the world. The consequences...

Financial Markets in Light of Financial Liberalization Policies and Their Impact on Iraq

Dr. Abdul Razzaq Ibrahim Shabib - Al-Maarif University College - Department of Banking and Financial Sciences. Abstract: The exchange rate policy in Iraq faces external variables; It is caused by the rise in the prices of foodstuffs and other commodities globally, which leads to an inflation of imported goods. It...

Comprehensive Health Insurance and Its Impact on The Economic Reality in Iraq

Ali Abdul-Kadhim Da’adoush / Ministry of Education - Baghdad Directorate of Education, Rusafa III Executive Summary: That the next government put primary responsibility for implementing the Health Insurance Law No. 22 of 2020, and that it develops a gradual program for the implementation of this law, and the inclusion of...

The Dangers of Drought and The Decay of The Culture of The Marsh Dwellers… Solutions and Predictions

Muhammad Baqir Nasser – Researcher Executive summary: The migration of the people of the marshes is an inevitable result of water scarcity, which is a major source for the sustainability of livestock, as well as the sustainability of other natural resources from which the individual subsists daily. Water in the...

Iraq in the Social Progress Index

Ahmed Khudair Hussein - Director of the Social Studies Department at the Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies. The Social Progress Index provides a results-based measure of a country's well-being independent of economic indicators. It was first issued in 2013 to provide a comprehensive tool for measuring countries' performance, stimulating...

Towards an Effective National Employment Policy in Iraq: a reading of employment policies

Dr. Hussein Ahmed Al-Sarhan - Center for Strategic Studies - University of Karbala. Executive summary: The essence of the work is not to absorb the increasing number of workers according to familiar policies and plans, but rather the procedures must be part of a new economic vision and a...

Post-Oil… Repercussions of The Iraqi Economy

Mustafa Al-Saray - researcher in political affairs. There is a dialectical relationship between politics and oil, especially in the countries of the Middle East that depend on hydrocarbons. Until the oil factor became one of the most important and influential variables in formulating the general policies of these countries. In...