Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term
Iraq needs a strategy to make rapid progress in tackling its profound jobs challenges. Iraq is facing a jobs crisis of unprecedented proportions. It could foment a resurgence in violence unless the Government of Iraq makes credible and swift progre...
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okr-10986-313192021-06-14T10:03:32Z Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term Bandiera, Luca Chandra, Vandana Fosque, Jasmine von der Goltz, Jan Peterburs, Teresa Maria Piffaretti, Nadia Saba, Joseph Wheeler, Collette JOB CREATION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PUBLIC WORKS AGRICULTURE AGRIBUSINESS SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES VOCATIONAL TRAINING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Iraq needs a strategy to make rapid progress in tackling its profound jobs challenges. Iraq is facing a jobs crisis of unprecedented proportions. It could foment a resurgence in violence unless the Government of Iraq makes credible and swift progress in job creation and reconstruction. To shape a longer-term vision, Iraq can look beyond its recent history of conflict, and to its past as a diversified economy & home of an educated workforce. However, in the short-term, neither private/ public sector hiring can create jobs at the desired scale without significant new policy action. The first-best solution for large-scale private sector job creation hinges on structural reforms that must begin now, but are achievable only in the medium to longer term. This paper provides a primer on options to deliver large-scale job creation in the short term, based on investments in construction, agriculture and agribusiness, small & medium enterprises, and vocational skills. Its aim is to outline workable steps for progress in a jobs crisis in a post-conflict situation. Because these steps focus on rapid impact at scale, rather than structural reform, they are less-than-ideal or second-best. A similar logic applies to financing options. Financing needs for jobs are large, and while business climate reforms are under way, first-best private investment in jobs will remain limited. Yet, the recent oil price hike offers the Government of Iraq a uniquely timely opportunity to make an investment in jobs. 2019-02-25T16:42:11Z 2019-02-25T16:42:11Z 2019-02-19 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/996841550594930714/Jobs-in-Iraq-A-Primer-on-Job-Creation-in-the-Short-Term http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31319 English Jobs Working Paper,no. 22; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Iraq |
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Iraq needs a strategy to make rapid
progress in tackling its profound jobs challenges. Iraq is
facing a jobs crisis of unprecedented proportions. It could
foment a resurgence in violence unless the Government of
Iraq makes credible and swift progress in job creation and
reconstruction. To shape a longer-term vision, Iraq can look
beyond its recent history of conflict, and to its past as a
diversified economy & home of an educated workforce.
However, in the short-term, neither private/ public sector
hiring can create jobs at the desired scale without
significant new policy action. The first-best solution for
large-scale private sector job creation hinges on structural
reforms that must begin now, but are achievable only in the
medium to longer term. This paper provides a primer on
options to deliver large-scale job creation in the short
term, based on investments in construction, agriculture and
agribusiness, small & medium enterprises, and vocational
skills. Its aim is to outline workable steps for progress in
a jobs crisis in a post-conflict situation. Because these
steps focus on rapid impact at scale, rather than structural
reform, they are less-than-ideal or second-best. A similar
logic applies to financing options. Financing needs for jobs
are large, and while business climate reforms are under way,
first-best private investment in jobs will remain limited.
Yet, the recent oil price hike offers the Government of Iraq
a uniquely timely opportunity to make an investment in jobs. |
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Bandiera, Luca Chandra, Vandana Fosque, Jasmine von der Goltz, Jan Peterburs, Teresa Maria Piffaretti, Nadia Saba, Joseph Wheeler, Collette |
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Bandiera, Luca Chandra, Vandana Fosque, Jasmine von der Goltz, Jan Peterburs, Teresa Maria Piffaretti, Nadia Saba, Joseph Wheeler, Collette |
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Bandiera, Luca |
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Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term |
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Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term |
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Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term |
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Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term |
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Jobs in Iraq : A Primer on Job Creation in the Short-Term |
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jobs in iraq : a primer on job creation in the short-term |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/996841550594930714/Jobs-in-Iraq-A-Primer-on-Job-Creation-in-the-Short-Term http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31319 |
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