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05-07-2008, 03:31 PM
The working paper on the economic aspect in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
07/05/2008
Dr. Sabah Qaddura
Sons of the Kurdish people waiting in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, waiting impatiently to news of the Declaration of the Fourth cabin composition of the Council of Ministers, on the basis of solving the problem of eventual unification of the ministries in a unified administration. Conduct necessary reforms and necessary aim to activate the performance of ministries, and through re-structure in terms of reducing the number of ministries to a reasonable extent, and raise administrative efficiency, technical and operational these ministries after the restructuring, with a view to providing the best service possible and necessary, which help to promote development on the Economic and Social Council in Territory. Economy has been the engine behind politics and society in all its components, including the knowledge and culture. From this standpoint, I take this occasion to present the paper work regarding the image of the current economic situation and future in the province. A proposal for the study of economic affairs and urged those concerned to participate in enriching its contents, in order to reach a formula acceptable and appropriate to address chronic economic problems and left for long periods without treatment, and solutions have scientific and logical, consistent with the general political situation in Iraq and the specifics of the territory now and the prospects for future development.
After the fall of the dictatorship, Iraq faced, including the heavy legacy of the Kurdistan region and multidimensional in all fields of political, economic and social development. Since the glorious uprising in August 1991, and its impact on the federal system was born in the province Monday, after 17 years of age of the march, saw the Kurdistan region Iraq quality of some developments at the political, economic, social, but not these developments in the level of the aspirations of the people of Kurdistan.
These developments could limit quality (without going into details) as follows: --
1 - after the fall of the dictatorship, the Territory experienced relatively compared to other parts of Iraq kind of stability and internal security. Waste has been internal fighting and effecting reconciliation between the two powerful since 1998. Liquidation rules were terrorist movements of the base in the border areas with Iran syndrome (Movement soldier of Islam) and in the cities of the region Sunday.
2 - held elections for parliament in the province, after it became Omar previous parliament 10 years and a malfunction on performance, as well as local elections. Participation in governance, participation is also twice in the Iraqi parliament elections and to achieve a good win there. Unification of a unified administration, but not as full, and became the ministries of Justice and Finance, Interior and Public PESHMARGA outside the cabin eventual unification third so far. And more effective participation in the management of the Iraqi state, the election of a Kurd as president of Iraq, and other facilities of the Executive Vice Prime Minister of Iraq. Through participating in a number of important ministries of Foreign Affairs and others.
3 - active participation in the drafting and adoption of the Iraqi Constitution, as well as the Constitution of Kurdistan province.
4 - The conversion of the Territory's economy from a centralized economy to an open, diverse and based on the use of market mechanisms and a greater role for the private sector, as well as that there was agreement on most of the priorities to be implemented to remove the backwardness and development of the Territory's economy and address the problems of poverty, unemployment and building and re Binaabanni infrastructure. But As the dispute seems reflected in the approach to be adopted achieve these ends.
5 - that partisan favoritism and weak financial oversight, stands behind the economic and administrative corruption was rampant in all organs and federal levels of management. Increase the volume of transactions in the shadow market (black market) day after day without any sergeant Aouhsab to this issue seriously. Concern and exaggeration is privatization, and only pursue the policy of market economy, this situation may encourage further economic and administrative corruption.
6 - weak and limited sources of manpower required in the sophisticated production process. As well as weakness in infrastructure, which hampers the process of Mewing and economic development.
7 - The economy of the region is threatened by "sharks" Social, which is in the preparation of the new owners of the rich worlds of shadow and the black market. Lack of transparency and economic democracy. The lack of information and statistics and programmes, and to the good and plans to apply recipes Fund and the World Bank and a bad reputation and harmful to social strata and shade poor and middle.
8 - exacerbating the volume of unemployment among young women and young people, especially among women. Because there are more than one million employees receive salaries from the provincial government, while it is assumed that the increasing number of government employees as government source about 14% but in Kurdistan, a higher percentage than 30%. Thus, enterprises suffer from underemployment, which is considered one of the administrative corruption in the province. Usually appoint government officials, especially in leadership positions accredited by the two parties in power.
9 - the majority of economic activity of the nature of consumerism, accompanied by a decline in productive activity, which helps to create extra value,
The composition of capital accumulation to the local economy in the foreseeable future.
10 - The economy of the region is outside the law and sometimes above it, the economy is needed to stabilize insurance. Lenin wrote that "the economy is impossible to manage the matter." This problem is further complicated because the economy was demanding Bastaab modern technology and to respond with market movement!!!
11 - that the institutions of the federal administration exercised its authority to instruct the two parties in power. Since become one feels that the Federal Haaz administered and directly across from the two orders, lack of separation of powers between the judicial, legislative, executive and even the fourth - media, and thus became a tool of the institutions that are marginal in force around them.
12 - to move forward in deepening the policy of market economy, has resulted in a large gap between rich and poor. Absence and lack of accountability and transparency at both the administrative and popular, thus causing the concentration of wealth largely in the hands of influential groups bias and administratively. Weak performance of the federal administration in providing the necessary and basic services for citizens in the areas of water, electricity and oil derivatives, and the provision of health services, education and food security. Expansion of market speculation in real estate, which caused the obscene rise in the value of land and residential houses and shops, and also its impact on rents and thus reflects negatively on the level of revenues a low-income and poor segments in the province. Open a policy of import consumer goods and unskilled labour, and their negative impact on increasing the rate of inflation.
13 - that the contracts between the federal administration in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and foreign companies operating in prospecting operations constitute a great injustice and the Iraqi Kurdish side. According to some preliminary data, that these contracts give the companies mentioned may share amounting to 40% forty percent of the oil extracted low cost of the company for developing fields in the province.
14 - since the introduction of federal system coupled with the Kurdistan parliament in 1992, the Kurdistan region has not seen a marked improvement in civil society, until this moment, and must now ensure that the laws of the people's right to say his opinion, including the right to say (no) when necessary .
15 - weakness evident in the performance of the tax system and financial institutions, especially banks, and the instability of the value of local currency.
cont...
07/05/2008
Dr. Sabah Qaddura
Sons of the Kurdish people waiting in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, waiting impatiently to news of the Declaration of the Fourth cabin composition of the Council of Ministers, on the basis of solving the problem of eventual unification of the ministries in a unified administration. Conduct necessary reforms and necessary aim to activate the performance of ministries, and through re-structure in terms of reducing the number of ministries to a reasonable extent, and raise administrative efficiency, technical and operational these ministries after the restructuring, with a view to providing the best service possible and necessary, which help to promote development on the Economic and Social Council in Territory. Economy has been the engine behind politics and society in all its components, including the knowledge and culture. From this standpoint, I take this occasion to present the paper work regarding the image of the current economic situation and future in the province. A proposal for the study of economic affairs and urged those concerned to participate in enriching its contents, in order to reach a formula acceptable and appropriate to address chronic economic problems and left for long periods without treatment, and solutions have scientific and logical, consistent with the general political situation in Iraq and the specifics of the territory now and the prospects for future development.
After the fall of the dictatorship, Iraq faced, including the heavy legacy of the Kurdistan region and multidimensional in all fields of political, economic and social development. Since the glorious uprising in August 1991, and its impact on the federal system was born in the province Monday, after 17 years of age of the march, saw the Kurdistan region Iraq quality of some developments at the political, economic, social, but not these developments in the level of the aspirations of the people of Kurdistan.
These developments could limit quality (without going into details) as follows: --
1 - after the fall of the dictatorship, the Territory experienced relatively compared to other parts of Iraq kind of stability and internal security. Waste has been internal fighting and effecting reconciliation between the two powerful since 1998. Liquidation rules were terrorist movements of the base in the border areas with Iran syndrome (Movement soldier of Islam) and in the cities of the region Sunday.
2 - held elections for parliament in the province, after it became Omar previous parliament 10 years and a malfunction on performance, as well as local elections. Participation in governance, participation is also twice in the Iraqi parliament elections and to achieve a good win there. Unification of a unified administration, but not as full, and became the ministries of Justice and Finance, Interior and Public PESHMARGA outside the cabin eventual unification third so far. And more effective participation in the management of the Iraqi state, the election of a Kurd as president of Iraq, and other facilities of the Executive Vice Prime Minister of Iraq. Through participating in a number of important ministries of Foreign Affairs and others.
3 - active participation in the drafting and adoption of the Iraqi Constitution, as well as the Constitution of Kurdistan province.
4 - The conversion of the Territory's economy from a centralized economy to an open, diverse and based on the use of market mechanisms and a greater role for the private sector, as well as that there was agreement on most of the priorities to be implemented to remove the backwardness and development of the Territory's economy and address the problems of poverty, unemployment and building and re Binaabanni infrastructure. But As the dispute seems reflected in the approach to be adopted achieve these ends.
5 - that partisan favoritism and weak financial oversight, stands behind the economic and administrative corruption was rampant in all organs and federal levels of management. Increase the volume of transactions in the shadow market (black market) day after day without any sergeant Aouhsab to this issue seriously. Concern and exaggeration is privatization, and only pursue the policy of market economy, this situation may encourage further economic and administrative corruption.
6 - weak and limited sources of manpower required in the sophisticated production process. As well as weakness in infrastructure, which hampers the process of Mewing and economic development.
7 - The economy of the region is threatened by "sharks" Social, which is in the preparation of the new owners of the rich worlds of shadow and the black market. Lack of transparency and economic democracy. The lack of information and statistics and programmes, and to the good and plans to apply recipes Fund and the World Bank and a bad reputation and harmful to social strata and shade poor and middle.
8 - exacerbating the volume of unemployment among young women and young people, especially among women. Because there are more than one million employees receive salaries from the provincial government, while it is assumed that the increasing number of government employees as government source about 14% but in Kurdistan, a higher percentage than 30%. Thus, enterprises suffer from underemployment, which is considered one of the administrative corruption in the province. Usually appoint government officials, especially in leadership positions accredited by the two parties in power.
9 - the majority of economic activity of the nature of consumerism, accompanied by a decline in productive activity, which helps to create extra value,
The composition of capital accumulation to the local economy in the foreseeable future.
10 - The economy of the region is outside the law and sometimes above it, the economy is needed to stabilize insurance. Lenin wrote that "the economy is impossible to manage the matter." This problem is further complicated because the economy was demanding Bastaab modern technology and to respond with market movement!!!
11 - that the institutions of the federal administration exercised its authority to instruct the two parties in power. Since become one feels that the Federal Haaz administered and directly across from the two orders, lack of separation of powers between the judicial, legislative, executive and even the fourth - media, and thus became a tool of the institutions that are marginal in force around them.
12 - to move forward in deepening the policy of market economy, has resulted in a large gap between rich and poor. Absence and lack of accountability and transparency at both the administrative and popular, thus causing the concentration of wealth largely in the hands of influential groups bias and administratively. Weak performance of the federal administration in providing the necessary and basic services for citizens in the areas of water, electricity and oil derivatives, and the provision of health services, education and food security. Expansion of market speculation in real estate, which caused the obscene rise in the value of land and residential houses and shops, and also its impact on rents and thus reflects negatively on the level of revenues a low-income and poor segments in the province. Open a policy of import consumer goods and unskilled labour, and their negative impact on increasing the rate of inflation.
13 - that the contracts between the federal administration in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and foreign companies operating in prospecting operations constitute a great injustice and the Iraqi Kurdish side. According to some preliminary data, that these contracts give the companies mentioned may share amounting to 40% forty percent of the oil extracted low cost of the company for developing fields in the province.
14 - since the introduction of federal system coupled with the Kurdistan parliament in 1992, the Kurdistan region has not seen a marked improvement in civil society, until this moment, and must now ensure that the laws of the people's right to say his opinion, including the right to say (no) when necessary .
15 - weakness evident in the performance of the tax system and financial institutions, especially banks, and the instability of the value of local currency.
cont...