Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq /
Michael L. Hansen, Howard J. Shatz, Louay Constant, Alexandria C. Smith, Krishna B. Kumar, Heather Krull, Artur Usanov, with Harun Dogo, Jeffrey Martini.
- xxiii, 106 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
"Kurdistan Regional Government." "Ministry of Planning." "RAND Labor and Population."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-106).
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 – Appendix A: Estimates of Necessary Job Growth in the KRI – Appendix B: Differences in Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment.
This monograph provides strategies to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector and to increase private-sector employment 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 KRG is able to retain the employees it needs in order to ensure the proper functioning of government.