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

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Author / Creator:	Hansen, Michael L., author.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2014. ©2014
Description:	xxiii, 106 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Series:	RAND Corporation monograph series Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subject:	Civil service -- Iraq -- Kurdistān. Public service employment -- Iraq. Manpower policy -- Iraq -- Kurdistān. Economic development -- Iraq -- Kurdistān. Civil service. Economic development. Economic policy. Manpower policy. Public service employment. Kurdistān (Iraq) -- Economic policy. Iraq. Iraq -- Kurdistān.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10161297

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Other authors / contributors:	Shatz, Howard J., author. Constant, Louay, author. Smith, Alexandria C., author. Kumar, Krishna B., author. Krull, Heather, author. Usanov, Artur, author. Dogo, Harun, author. Martini, Jeffrey, author. Labor and Population Program, sponsoring body. Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq, sponsoring body.
ISBN:	0833085913 9780833085917
Notes:	"Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government"--Title page. At head of title: Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning. "MG-1117-1-KRG"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106).
Summary:	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.

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

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