Calculating the gross regional product of the Kurdistan Region-Iraq / Shmuel Abramzon, Nicholas Burger, Peter Glick, Krishna B. Kumar, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Nelly Mejia, Shanthi Nataraj, Francisco Perez-Arce, Claude Messan Setodji
At head of title: Ministry of Planning, Kurdistan Regional Government.
"Rand Labor and Population."
"Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90).
Contents
Introduction - Agriculture - Quarrying - Manufacturing - Electricity - Construction - Wholesale and retail trade - Transportation and storage - Accommodation and food service - Information and communications (large firms) - Banking, insurance, and money exchanges - Miscellaneous services - Public administration - Home ownership and rental - Conclusion and recommendations - Appendix A. Agriculture - Appendix B. Manufacturing - Appendix C. Electricity - Appendix D. Wholesale and retail trade - Appendix E. Baking, insurance, and money exchanges - Appendix F. Sampling and design of new surveys.
Note
Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed April 07, 2016).
Summary
To lay the foundation for successful policymaking, the Kurdistan Regional Government is seeking to develop comprehensive and reliable statistics on the Kurdistan Region-Iraq (KRI) as it charts a course toward peace and prosperity. In this report, the authors describe efforts to continue building capacity at the Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO) by setting up a system for data collection and analysis to support the annual calculation of the gross regional product (GRP), a critical indicator for successful policy planning in many areas. The report presents estimates of the value added by different sectors of the KR' economy for the year 2012 (excluding natural resources, due to lack of available data). The report covers three governorates: Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok.