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Volume 1 Cedric - revised luca Final - RUIG-GIAN

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6.2. Delimiters of women’s economic activity in Iraq................................................. 737. Addressing obstacles and opportunities for entrepreneurship in Iraq............................... 757.1. Addressing obstacles to SME creation and development ...................................... 757.1.1. General economic recession and deprived internal demand........................757.1.2. Access to credit........................................................................................767.1.3. The abrupt lifting of trade regulations.......................................................777.1.4. Access to production materials and equipment...........................................777.1.5. The legal and regulatory environment.......................................................777.2. Harnessing opportunities ................................................................................... 788. Small entrepreneurs in Iraq: Stories of hopes and constraints ......................................... 808.1. Enterprising in Baghdad .................................................................................... 808.2. Enterprising in Al-Najaf .................................................................................... 839. Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 84An SME policy in Iraq: Main axes of work .................................................................. 84Annexes .............................................................................................................................. 87List of tablesTable 1: Net Enrolment Rates (NER)..................................................................................... 53Table 2: Education gender gaps............................................................................................. 54Table 3: Percentage contribution of production sectors in GDP ............................................... 56Table 4: Labour force breakdown by sector of employment .................................................... 57Table 5: Unemployment and underemployment rates in Iraq as of mid-October 2003 bygovernorate among the population aged 15 and above (excluding the Kurdistangovernorate) ........................................................................................................ 59Table 6: Iraq’s private sector SMEs....................................................................................... 65The Private sector employment pyramid (PSEP).................................................................... 65Table 7: Estimates of formal private sector employment ......................................................... 67Table 8: Estimates of total formal and informal private sector employment .............................. 68Table 9: Percentage of female entrepreneurs in existing and under-construction enterprisesregistered in the Union of Industries for 2000/2004 ................................................ 72Table 10: Number of female entrepreneurs out of the total of current/under-constructionenterprises registered in the Union of Industries for 2000-2004 ............................... 7243

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