Strategies for private-sector development and civil-service reform in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq
By: Michael L. Hansen, Howard J. Shatz, Louay Constant, Alexandria C. Smith, Krishna B. Kumar, Heather Krull, Artur Usanov, with Harun Dogo, Jeffrey Martini
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; Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq
Series: RAND Corporation monograph series; Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9780833085917
Subjects: Economic policy; Civil service; Manpower policy; Public service employment; Economic development
Description: 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.
Notes: "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government"--Title page.

At head of title: Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning.

"Rand Labor and Population."

"MG-1117-1-KRG"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106).
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction; title: Methods, information sources, and data; title: Employment in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq; title: Fostering private-sector development: taking advantage of private investment and reforming the enabling environment; title: Fostering private-sector development: outsourcing and privatization of government functions; title: Skills and education of civil-service employees; title: The civil-service compensation system and personnel policies; title: Strategies for voluntary civil-service separation; title: Conclusions; title: Appendixes; title: References.