Government efforts and opportunities to combat corruption in Iraq Aqeel Qasim The phenomenon of corruption has become one of the biggest challenges facing the world, hindering all efforts to achieve political and economic stability due to its negative and dangerous impacts on countries. Governments, in their various authorities, seek to combat and reduce corruption by developing appropriate and effective mechanisms and tools to eliminate it. This can only be achieved through the implementation of effective…

Calculating Compensation for Ministry of Health Employees and the Impact of Central Appointments to Medical Colleges in Inflation

Calculating Compensation for Ministry of Health Employees and the Impact of Central Appointments to Medical Colleges in Inflation

Calculating Compensation for Ministry of Health Employees and the Impact of Central Appointments to Medical Colleges in Inflation Mustafa Mohammed Due to the significant increase in graduates in the medical group specialties in the past decade, especially in the final years, and the large number of government and private medical colleges across Iraq, which has exceeded 60 colleges, there has been a challenge in absorbing these graduates into the healthcare sector. This is because Iraq…

Analysis of Employee Compensation Expenses in the Federal General Budget: Balancing Allocation Efficiency and Distribution

Analysis of Employee Compensation Expenses in the Federal General Budget: Balancing Allocation Efficiency and Distribution

Analysis of Employee Compensation Expenses in the Federal General Budget: Balancing Allocation Efficiency and Distribution Mohammed Hashem There is a growing interest in the issue of public spending priorities during times of financial and economic crises. When constraints on the general budget increase and financial markets struggle to provide the necessary liquidity channels, along with the focus on enhancing the efficiency and productivity of public spending by reducing wasteful spending and allocating it among various…

The electoral environment and party work in Iraq: Challenges and Solutions

The electoral environment and party work in Iraq: Challenges and Solutions

The electoral environment and party work in Iraq: Challenges and Solutions Dr. Abdul Aziz Aliwi Al-Essaoui An academic specializing in electoral affairs and democratic studies 17/4/2024   This paper aims to review the relationship between the electoral environment and party work in Iraq over the past two decades. It does so by presenting the reality of this relationship and clarifying the most important aspects through which the nature of the electoral environment in Iraq can…

Federal Budget (2023-2023) and Its Reflection of the Government Program

Federal Budget (2023-2023) and Its Reflection of the Government Program

The Federal budget reflects the priorities of the government and provides an indicator of the extent to which the government is committed to implementing its governmental program, especially concerning health, security and defense, economic development, the environment, education, social welfare, job creation, and other priority areas. Monitoring the government’s implementation of these issues and the impact of spending on them constitutes a form of oversight, whether by governmental or non-governmental institutions. Click here to get…

Monitoring the implementation of Federal budget for the first and second halves of the year 2023

Monitoring the implementation of Federal budget for the first and second halves of the year 2023

This report relies on data issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance and seeks to make a comparison between financial transactions in the first and second halves of the year 2023, enhancing accountability and monitoring of the state’s financial transactions, especially public spending trends, after studying and monitoring spending between the first half of the year 2022 and the first half of the year 2023 in a previous report. Furthermore, the continued monitoring of budget…

Budget Execution Monitoring First Half of 2022 Compared to the First Half of 2023

Budget Execution Monitoring First Half of 2022 Compared to the First Half of 2023

Monitoring budget execution by relevant organizations, researchers, and interested parties promotes public accountability for the government’s financial actions. This pushes the government to think strategically when allocating resources to various sectors and to address critical and urgent issues such as poverty, healthcare, improving municipal services, and more. Click here to get the report 137 Views

Policy Dialogue Episode 3 Summary

Policy Dialogue Episode 3 Summary

  In this episode, we discussed the legislative environment in Iraq with Dr. Amjad Hamed, Director of the Technical and Advisory Support Department at the Iraqi Parliament’s Legislation Department. 3 main axes were covered: Impact of the political system on the legislative environment. Procedures for enacting laws in Iraq. Role of the Federal Court in the legislative environment. #PolicyDialogue #YourPlatformForPositiveChange 137 Views

Using the Mixed Electoral System to Ensure Party Balance and Increase Independent Candidates’ Chances

Using the Mixed Electoral System to Ensure Party Balance and Increase Independent Candidates’ Chances

After a change in the political system in 2003, shifting to a democratic system, Iraq conducted five elections for the parliamentary and provincial councils. During these elections, various electoral systems and modifications were used, sparking debates and discussions among experts, activists, political parties, politicians, and the general public. Notable among these laws were the Modified Sainte-Laguë Law (1.7) used in the 2018 parliamentary elections (the fourth parliamentary round ) and the Multi-District Law used in…

Summary of policy dialogue

Summary of policy dialogue

The 2nd episode of the Policy Dialogue discussed entrepreneurship in Iraq with Dr. Mohammed Jamal, Research Director at Kapita. He highlighted key challenges & opportunities in this field, emphasizing the importance of gov’t support for startups through various facilitations. The session moderated by the researcher at PSDIraq Ahmed Rafe 199 Views

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