Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

• Author: Labor and Population Program,
• VerfasserIn: Hansen, Michael L; Dogo, Harun; Shatz, Howard J; Martini, Jeffrey; Constant, Louay; Smith, Alexandria C.; Krull, Heather; Usanov, Artur; Kumar, Krishna B
• TeilnehmendeR: Dogo, Harun; Shatz, Howard J; Martini, Jeffrey; Constant, Louay; Smith, Alexandria C.; Krull, Heather; Usanov, Artur; Kumar, Krishna B; Labor and Population Program,; Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : Rand Corporation, 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: RAND Corporation monograph series Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq. Prepared for and at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), this monograph is based on a variety of research methods and analyses. These include a review of the existing literature, analyses of survey data, analysis of Kurdistan regional and Iraqi national documents and laws, and a qualitative assessment of numerous conversations with government officials and private-sector employers. The KRG can develop its private sector by removing obstacles to starting or expanding a business, by identifying sectors for which conditions are particularly favorable for private-sector growth and supporting them, and by outsourcing and privatizing some functions that the KRG currently performs. However, private-sector growth does not guarantee that civil-service workers will leave for private-sector employment. Civil-service workers will need the qualifications necessary for private-sector jobs and will have to expect that the benefits of private-sector employment outweigh the benefits of civil-service employment. At the same time, as the KRG devises methods for encouraging civil-service workers to leave for the private sector, a key challenge will be to ensure that the most productive employees stay with the KRG in order to ensure the proper functioning of government.

Table of Contents

Summary -- Introduction -- Methods, information sources, and data -- Employment in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq -- Fostering private-sector development: taking advantage of private investment and reforming the enabling environment -- Fostering private-sector development: outsourcing and privatization of government functions -- Skills and education of civil-service employees -- The civil-service compensation system and personnel policies -- Strategies for voluntary civil-service separation -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- References.