The role of government in the industrialization of Iraq, 1950-1965 / Ferhang Jalal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jalal, Ferhang., author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. The economy of the Middle East ; Volume 27

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 142 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1950 the governments of Iraq have attempted vigorously to develop the economy and have stressed industrial development. Here Dr Ferhang Jalal discusses, analyses and appraises a number of policies adopted by the government of Iraq designed to promote the growth of the industrial sector. The policies were of two kinds: the establishment of enterprises financed, constructed and operated by the government; and the encouragement of the expansion of private industrial enterprises through provision of finance, by way of tax exemptions of all kinds, through controls over the allocation of investment, and by protecting them from foreign competition. The author discusses the extent to which investment programmes formulated by planners were able to be implemented, and analyses in detail the factors facilitating and those constraining a more rapid rate of industrial growth.

Contents:

1. Government and economic development : 1920-50

2. The organization and administration of government investment programmes : 1950-65

3. Formulation of government investment programmes : 1951-65

4. Implementation of government investment programmes : 1951-65

5. Financial institutions and industrialization

6. Other policies to promote industrialization

7. Summary and conclusions.

Notes:

"First published in 1972 [by Frank Cass]"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

1-317-59216-6

1-315-74445-7

9781315744452

OCLC:

912319188