Volume 1 Cedric - revised luca Final - RUIG-GIAN

Table of contentsAcknowledgments................................................................................................................ 40List of tables ........................................................................................................................ 43List of acronyms .................................................................................................................. 44Executive summary.............................................................................................................. 461. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 482. Country profile ........................................................................................................... 502.1. Historical respective .......................................................................................... 502.1.1. The Saddam Hussein Regime (1979-2003).................................................502.1.2. The current context in Iraq .......................................................................512.2. Demographic environment................................................................................. 522.3. Social environment ........................................................................................... 532.3.1. Incomes...................................................................................................532.3.2. Education................................................................................................532.3.3. Health.....................................................................................................542.3.4. Social security and safety nets ..................................................................552.3.5. Vulnerable groups ...................................................................................552.4. Economic environment assessment..................................................................... 56Unemployment..................................................................................................572.5. Perspectives...................................................................................................... 602.5.1. Enhance the role of the private sector .......................................................602.5.2. Develop human resources.........................................................................602.5.3. Strengthen the capacity of governmental institutions..................................603. The rationale of SME sector development in iraq.......................................................... 624. Iraq's SME sector: A profile ........................................................................................ 644.1. Data base and methodological considerations ...................................................... 644.2. The size and structure of SME sector employment in Iraq.................................... 654.2.1. The formal SME sector.............................................................................654.2.2. Informal and formal employment estimates in the SME sector.....................675. Small entrepreneurs profile with a focus on youth ......................................................... 695.1. Methodology and data base................................................................................ 695.2. A profiling of entrepreneurs............................................................................... 696. Small entrepreneur strategies in Iraq: A focus on women .............................................. 716.1. Assessing female participation in the private sector ............................................. 716.1.1. A focus on the industrial sector.................................................................716.1.2. The public sector .....................................................................................7342