This document discusses the role of the Iraqi government in stimulating public service innovation. It notes that the Iraqi government has failed to set the stage for real reforms in the public sector despite identifying civil service reforms as a key priority. Some of the main barriers to innovation discussed include lack of funding for innovation processes, short-term political leadership unable to sustain new initiatives, lack of cooperation and risk-taking culture, and overspending without improving services. The role of technology and skills development is also mentioned as important for innovation but lacking in Iraq. Overall the document analyzes challenges facing public sector innovation in Iraq.
The implementation of a new Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) in the government of Afghanistan faced several challenges. Record keeping for civil servants was disorganized and inaccurate, making strategic planning difficult. An HRMIS project was launched to address this, but its design and implementation encountered obstacles. The project scope was too ambitious, not properly analyzing ministry needs. Software development took longer than expected and cost more than anticipated. Gathering employee data across ministries required extensive time and resources. Connecting ministries to the central database was also challenging due to limited Internet infrastructure. Changing existing HR practices faced resistance. While HRMIS aimed to improve government services, its implementation highlights the difficulties of large IT projects in developing countries reliant on foreign aid.
Governments the world over are competing with each other to be at a leading position in the arena of e-government. e-Government is seen as a path to modernisation and rendering more efficient and effective public sector services. Recent practices in the field have focused on bringing the government closer to the people. As such, governments worldwide adopted various government-to-citizen (G2C) e-government models in an attempt to improve and provide round the clock availability of all government public services. This article provides a review of the current e-government field with a focus on Arab countries. We present a conceptual six-staged roadmap that illustrates our account of idealisation on how Arab countries should prioritise their e-government short and mid-term efforts. It is a simplified model that represents mega functions that governments need to bear in mind when addressing the changing development needs of the globalised world we live in today. We argue that the stages of the proposed roadmap have the potential to support the development of the public sector and the emergence of the Arab bloc as strong revolutionised citizen-centric governments.
This document discusses e-government in Iran and its potential economic effects. It provides background on Iran's information technology industry and human resource development efforts related to e-government. Key points include:
1) E-government implementation in Iran faces both restricting and enhancing parameters that could limit or accelerate its development.
2) The vision for Iran's e-government is to become the leading country in the Middle East for applying information and communication technologies to government processes to improve service delivery.
3) Iran's information technology market has grown significantly but still lags countries like South Korea, China, and India in development of its hardware and software industries.
Project and Operations Management of e-Governance SystemsAshish Karan
This document summarizes an article about project and operations management of e-governance systems in India. It discusses how 85% of e-governance projects in India fail due to challenges such as lack of proper planning, resources, and use of standardized project management frameworks. It recommends using PRINCE2 for project management and ITIL for operations management to improve success rates, as these are established frameworks that provide structure, roles and responsibilities, and focus on delivering project outputs and benefits. Adopting standardized frameworks can help address issues contributing to high failure rates of e-governance projects in India.
This document analyzes the external environment that could impact an organization using the STEEPLE framework. It examines Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal, and Ethical factors. For each factor, it identifies potential issues and risks, and proposes strategic level actions to address them, such as ensuring plans are in place to deal with weather incidents, maintaining ICT infrastructure resilience, and complying with regulations. The analysis is intended to inform business strategy and planning.
Talent Acquisition For The Government of the FutureMichael Cirrito
1. Governments face significant skills gaps, especially in digital areas like cybersecurity and data analytics. Younger talent are also not attracted to government careers.
2. To compete for top talent, governments must transform their approach to talent acquisition. This includes emphasizing purpose over long-term careers, focusing recruitment on social media platforms, and using data to anticipate skills needs.
3. A new talent acquisition strategy should build the government brand on social media, use analytics to track skills gaps and campaign effectiveness, elevate talent acquisition as a strategic priority, and continually test and refine recruitment efforts.
This document discusses the development of E-LAKIP (Electronic Government Performance Accountability Report) software in Indonesia. It was created to facilitate the reporting process and make reports compliant with various regulations. The development involved creating a prototype, installing the software, and training government agencies. It was developed incrementally using a gradual information system model. The goals were to produce the E-LAKIP software, install it, and provide training to agencies. Future additions may include quarterly monitoring comparisons and five-year performance evaluations. The software aims to improve transparency and accountability in government.
This document discusses e-governance in Tanzania, including its definition, objectives, models, and stages of development. It defines e-governance as using technology to improve government services and interactions between citizens and government. E-government refers specifically to using ICT to improve public sector activities and services. The document outlines three primary e-government models: G2B (government to business), G2C (government to citizens), and G2G (government to government). It then describes Tanzania's progression through four stages of e-government development: 1) digital presence, 2) interaction, 3) transaction, and 4) transformation, with the goal of improving efficiency, transparency and public services.
The implementation of a new Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) in the government of Afghanistan faced several challenges. Record keeping for civil servants was disorganized and inaccurate, making strategic planning difficult. An HRMIS project was launched to address this, but its design and implementation encountered obstacles. The project scope was too ambitious, not properly analyzing ministry needs. Software development took longer than expected and cost more than anticipated. Gathering employee data across ministries required extensive time and resources. Connecting ministries to the central database was also challenging due to limited Internet infrastructure. Changing existing HR practices faced resistance. While HRMIS aimed to improve government services, its implementation highlights the difficulties of large IT projects in developing countries reliant on foreign aid.
Governments the world over are competing with each other to be at a leading position in the arena of e-government. e-Government is seen as a path to modernisation and rendering more efficient and effective public sector services. Recent practices in the field have focused on bringing the government closer to the people. As such, governments worldwide adopted various government-to-citizen (G2C) e-government models in an attempt to improve and provide round the clock availability of all government public services. This article provides a review of the current e-government field with a focus on Arab countries. We present a conceptual six-staged roadmap that illustrates our account of idealisation on how Arab countries should prioritise their e-government short and mid-term efforts. It is a simplified model that represents mega functions that governments need to bear in mind when addressing the changing development needs of the globalised world we live in today. We argue that the stages of the proposed roadmap have the potential to support the development of the public sector and the emergence of the Arab bloc as strong revolutionised citizen-centric governments.
This document discusses e-government in Iran and its potential economic effects. It provides background on Iran's information technology industry and human resource development efforts related to e-government. Key points include:
1) E-government implementation in Iran faces both restricting and enhancing parameters that could limit or accelerate its development.
2) The vision for Iran's e-government is to become the leading country in the Middle East for applying information and communication technologies to government processes to improve service delivery.
3) Iran's information technology market has grown significantly but still lags countries like South Korea, China, and India in development of its hardware and software industries.
Project and Operations Management of e-Governance SystemsAshish Karan
This document summarizes an article about project and operations management of e-governance systems in India. It discusses how 85% of e-governance projects in India fail due to challenges such as lack of proper planning, resources, and use of standardized project management frameworks. It recommends using PRINCE2 for project management and ITIL for operations management to improve success rates, as these are established frameworks that provide structure, roles and responsibilities, and focus on delivering project outputs and benefits. Adopting standardized frameworks can help address issues contributing to high failure rates of e-governance projects in India.
This document analyzes the external environment that could impact an organization using the STEEPLE framework. It examines Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal, and Ethical factors. For each factor, it identifies potential issues and risks, and proposes strategic level actions to address them, such as ensuring plans are in place to deal with weather incidents, maintaining ICT infrastructure resilience, and complying with regulations. The analysis is intended to inform business strategy and planning.
Talent Acquisition For The Government of the FutureMichael Cirrito
1. Governments face significant skills gaps, especially in digital areas like cybersecurity and data analytics. Younger talent are also not attracted to government careers.
2. To compete for top talent, governments must transform their approach to talent acquisition. This includes emphasizing purpose over long-term careers, focusing recruitment on social media platforms, and using data to anticipate skills needs.
3. A new talent acquisition strategy should build the government brand on social media, use analytics to track skills gaps and campaign effectiveness, elevate talent acquisition as a strategic priority, and continually test and refine recruitment efforts.
This document discusses the development of E-LAKIP (Electronic Government Performance Accountability Report) software in Indonesia. It was created to facilitate the reporting process and make reports compliant with various regulations. The development involved creating a prototype, installing the software, and training government agencies. It was developed incrementally using a gradual information system model. The goals were to produce the E-LAKIP software, install it, and provide training to agencies. Future additions may include quarterly monitoring comparisons and five-year performance evaluations. The software aims to improve transparency and accountability in government.
This document discusses e-governance in Tanzania, including its definition, objectives, models, and stages of development. It defines e-governance as using technology to improve government services and interactions between citizens and government. E-government refers specifically to using ICT to improve public sector activities and services. The document outlines three primary e-government models: G2B (government to business), G2C (government to citizens), and G2G (government to government). It then describes Tanzania's progression through four stages of e-government development: 1) digital presence, 2) interaction, 3) transaction, and 4) transformation, with the goal of improving efficiency, transparency and public services.
Deploying content management system to enhance state governanceAnthonyOtuonye
This document discusses using a content management system (CMS) to enhance governance in Nigeria. It proposes designing an e-governance portal that employs a CMS to facilitate information sharing between government departments and citizens. This would allow citizens to monitor projects, provide feedback, and access services online. The document reviews e-governance models used successfully in other countries and argues that a CMS could improve governance in Nigeria by making government more efficient, transparent and responsive to citizens.
This book is the fifth in a series. It represents a collection of published research articles in several international journals between 2013 and 2014. They cover topics related mainly to one of the most perilous fields of practice; namely: the advances and use of modern identity management systems for contemporary applications.
In principle, the articles provide critical insights of how the UAE government mainly, and GCC countries in broader sense, envisage and use modern identity management infrastructure, to lay down the building blocks of digital economy. Throughout the articles, identity management is contemplated as a source of growth, with the potential to support more productive and stronger national economies, to foster innovation, competitiveness and user participation, and to contribute effectively to the prosperity of societies as whole.
To allow better reading, articles included in this book were grouped into three categories: smart government, digital identity, and identity applications. They bring in various experimented practices and portray UAE government intentions to fabricate trusted and secure cross-border infrastructure to authenticate and validate electronic identities and for different applications.
Once again and as we emphasized in previous series, these articles are distinguished from those available studies in the existing body of knowledge conducted in the Middle East. Research studies in general are normally conducted by researchers who are very much interested in the academic rigor, rather than its practicality. Also very limited information is normally exposed and distributed about government projects which are by and large characterised to be classified, which makes existing research studies lack some fundamental understanding of issues that makes up the bigger picture.
The research work in this book was written by a senior government official and brings forward key critical insights from several strategic government initiatives, management frameworks, imperative thoughts, reflections, and fundamental lessons learned. This should allow management to deepen their understanding of such projects and practices and better manage the associated risks, and fuse their lines of attack in terms of how similar projects are approached, managed and implemented. In short, the intention of this work is to support the advancement of the researched fields and contribute towards global development of knowledge in order to make this world a better place to live in for everybody.
Saudi Arabia: The National Communications and Information Technology PlanUnited Interactive™
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The National Communications and Information Technology Plan - The Vision Towards the Information Society
AI driven automation will create wealth and expand economies. Find out the views of the Executive Office of the US President in this AI Government led initiative.
This project is a short guide that introduce e-governance in South Korea .
It starts with a general presentation of e-governance model in South Korea., followed by the best practices of e-Governance in south korea with several case studies and examples. Finally, a description is given of what steps have to be taken to deal with challenges and problems ofe-governance and how implementation projects can be selected.
Korea has become one of the global e-governance leaders - obtaining the highest scores in E-e-govenance Development Index’ and ‘E-participation Index’. In addition, many of Korea’s e- Governance practices until now have been introduced to the world as the best cases and received worldwide acknowledgement
The subject of connected government is coming once again to the forefront of national development priorities all over the world. This is stemming from the need to address various local and global necessities in light of changing landscape of the new digital world we live in today. In a connected government context, public service agencies are needed to act as a single enterprise so that citizens feel they are being served by one organisation rather than a number of different public authorities. Identity management is considered here a fundamental pillar to enable such operating models, and support single sign-on (SSO) and online identity validation capabilities for e-government and e-commerce environments. This article explores and describes the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government integration strategy with relation to keeping its national identity management infrastructure (population register) updated as life events take place. The integration strategy also aims to support federal and local government entities to verify citizen and resident information using their own applications in a secure, reliable, and integrated manner. Other expected contributions of the integration platform is to support decision-making and strategic planning dimensions of government work.
Knowledge Transfer: Putting Knowledge in Practice to improve Business Perform...Dolly Bhasin
In this paper, I would discuss the knowledge transfer mechanisms using ICT to improve the innovation, competitiveness, collaboration and effectiveness of strategic initiatives to forge ties between South Africa and India.
In today’s global world, creating knowledge for turning them into new products and services is crucial to maintain and enhance the competitiveness. While enough research has been done on Knowledge transfer in the Manufacturing sector, knowledge transfer in services sector has not been well explored.
Collaboration between researchers and industry amongst India and South Africa will be explored through case studies in Elearning, Telemedicine and Book Publishing. The paper would try to highlight how we can create ‘single continuum for knowledge’ by developing platforms where the South African community and Indian Businesses can work and innovate together to create information exchange in a systematic way to improve the business performance, especially in the service delivery.
The Department of Commerce has determined the economy in the creative industry into 14 (fourteen) sectors: (1) advertising
services, (2) architecture, (3) art and antiques market, (4) craft, (5) design, (6) fashion, (7) video, film and photography, (8)
interactive games (9) music, (10) performing arts, (11) publishing and printing, (12) computer and software services, (13)
television and radio, (14) research and development. Mapping of creative industrial areas is done so that the process of guidance
and distribution of assistance from local and central government and the management of the creative industries from each regi on
focused so that the regions have characteristics in producing the creative industry and can compete in the current era of
globalization. Creative industry in Indonesia began to mushroom in 2007, but many people still do not understand what sectors are
included into the creative industry and its development. With so many people's lack of understanding of the creative industry, it
makes its own homework for the government to socialize the creative industries so that the government seeks to map the creative
industries in Indonesia. Though the creative industry is able to contribute greatly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of an area
and create jobs.
This study aims to further understand the characteristics of creative industries, as well as to identify the constraints and
opportunities faced by creative industry players in Indonesia. To identify and analyze the creative industries used 4 quadrant
statistical methods Location Quadrant (LQ) and Dynamic Location Quotient (DLQ). This study uses secondary data of large and
medium industry statistics as well as small and micro industries in 2010-2013 at Provincial level obtained from the Central Bureau
of Statistics (BPS).
The results of this mapping study will provide a general overview of the creative industries sector that has competitiveness in
every region or province in Indonesia.
This document discusses limitations to adopting e-government by local governments in developing countries, using a case study of Ilala Municipal Council in Tanzania. It finds that organizational and legal factors are major impediments. The document provides background on e-government and its potential benefits. It also describes the study area of Ilala Municipal Council and outlines a research method using a survey of 120 respondents to analyze factors limiting e-government adoption, including legal, cultural, managerial, organizational, and technological awareness issues.
In June, the United Nations E-Government Survey 2014 was released. Its theme is “E-Government for the Future We Want.” The report provides a comprehensive collection of U.N. global surveys regarding the status of e-government and related practices around the world. South Korea once again topped the report’s rankings. Many countries have climbed the standings since release of the last report in 2012. This indicates worldwide growth in e-government. The leaders in e-government have many lessons to teach those grasping the concept. This paper will deliver an unbiased view of these e-government leaders. It also will detail the critical elements other countries must adopt in their drive for e-government.
India Africa Aligning for the changing global business dynamicsShushmul Maheshwari
The document discusses opportunities for cooperation between India and Africa in the infrastructure and healthcare sectors. It notes that India has significant expertise in these sectors due to major public and private sector projects. However, Africa faces infrastructure challenges including inadequate roads, air transport costs, and port development. India can help by collaborating with Indian engineering companies to develop world-class infrastructure projects in Africa. It also highlights some successful public-private partnership projects in India like various metro systems and green airports that could serve as models. Strengthening cooperation in these sectors would mutually benefit both India and Africa.
E-government Implementation in Kenya, an evaluation of Factors hindering or p...Editor IJCATR
This document discusses factors that influence the successful implementation of e-government projects in Kenya. It analyzes a survey conducted with officials and citizens to evaluate seven factors related to e-government success and failure based on Heeks' Factor Model.
The survey found that key success factors for e-government in Kenya included having a good strategy, strong internal and external support, competent employees, and adequate funding. Meanwhile, the main failure factors were weak ICT infrastructure, poor project management, and inadequate consideration of user needs in system design. The study provides recommendations to policymakers on addressing weaknesses and promoting strengths to improve e-government implementation.
OECD Report on average literacy proficiency skills among young adults points ...Dyslexia International
This report makes for discouraging reading for employers and others in 12 countries where the proficiency in literacy of 16 – 24 year olds falls significantly below the average.
Go to www.dyslexia-international.org Newsletter October 2013 (No.2) for contents breakdown and chapter guide.
This chapter introduces the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). It first gives a brief overview of how and why the demand for skills has been changing over the past decades, focusing particularly on the advent and widespread
adoption of information and communication technologies and on
structural changes in the economy. It then describes how the survey – the
first international survey of adult skills to directly measure skills in literacy,
numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments – can
assist policy makers in responding to the challenges of a rapidly changing
global labour market.
High Growing Economic Sectors “Opportunity For Entrepreneurs ” in India fo...karrox
India will have a demand for 85-90 million people across various sectors, and the majority of the demand will come from high-growth industries like IT, outsourcing, banking, retail, telecommunication and healthcare. Research report as aggregated by Karrox IT technology
DPA 314 Special Issues in the Administration of Economic DevelopmentJo Balucanag - Bitonio
This document discusses special issues in the administration of economic development in the Philippines. It examines the functions of government in developing economies, including establishing economic environments. The economic environment in the Philippines is analyzed based on factors like economic freedom, rule of law, limited government, regulatory efficiency, open markets, and more. Challenges like corruption and an inefficient judiciary are also discussed. The document advocates for a positive approach by governments to promote development through policies focused on inclusive growth, human capital development, social development, and regulating markets while addressing imperfections. Conditions specific to the Philippines like "labor surplus" and per capita income levels are also considered important contextual factors for determining appropriate government policies.
Changing nature of work: Course Future of Workrakesh singh
This document discusses the changing nature of work and proposes solutions for governments to prepare and support their workforces. It notes that while technology is eliminating some jobs, it is also creating new opportunities. The document recommends that governments in countries like India invest in early childhood education to develop skills, enhance social protection programs, create fiscal space to fund human capital development and social protection, and adapt social assistance and insurance systems to support a changing workforce. The proposed solutions for India include continuing existing child development and nutrition programs, strengthening social insurance, optimizing taxation policies, and enhancing human capital development.
The document summarizes the author's visit to various wildlife conservation projects in Kenya supported by Care for the Wild International (CWI). The author visited the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage, and CWI's anti-poaching teams in Tsavo and Masai Mara. The visit highlighted the important work done by these organizations and the need for continued support, especially for expanding anti-poaching patrols.
Deploying content management system to enhance state governanceAnthonyOtuonye
This document discusses using a content management system (CMS) to enhance governance in Nigeria. It proposes designing an e-governance portal that employs a CMS to facilitate information sharing between government departments and citizens. This would allow citizens to monitor projects, provide feedback, and access services online. The document reviews e-governance models used successfully in other countries and argues that a CMS could improve governance in Nigeria by making government more efficient, transparent and responsive to citizens.
This book is the fifth in a series. It represents a collection of published research articles in several international journals between 2013 and 2014. They cover topics related mainly to one of the most perilous fields of practice; namely: the advances and use of modern identity management systems for contemporary applications.
In principle, the articles provide critical insights of how the UAE government mainly, and GCC countries in broader sense, envisage and use modern identity management infrastructure, to lay down the building blocks of digital economy. Throughout the articles, identity management is contemplated as a source of growth, with the potential to support more productive and stronger national economies, to foster innovation, competitiveness and user participation, and to contribute effectively to the prosperity of societies as whole.
To allow better reading, articles included in this book were grouped into three categories: smart government, digital identity, and identity applications. They bring in various experimented practices and portray UAE government intentions to fabricate trusted and secure cross-border infrastructure to authenticate and validate electronic identities and for different applications.
Once again and as we emphasized in previous series, these articles are distinguished from those available studies in the existing body of knowledge conducted in the Middle East. Research studies in general are normally conducted by researchers who are very much interested in the academic rigor, rather than its practicality. Also very limited information is normally exposed and distributed about government projects which are by and large characterised to be classified, which makes existing research studies lack some fundamental understanding of issues that makes up the bigger picture.
The research work in this book was written by a senior government official and brings forward key critical insights from several strategic government initiatives, management frameworks, imperative thoughts, reflections, and fundamental lessons learned. This should allow management to deepen their understanding of such projects and practices and better manage the associated risks, and fuse their lines of attack in terms of how similar projects are approached, managed and implemented. In short, the intention of this work is to support the advancement of the researched fields and contribute towards global development of knowledge in order to make this world a better place to live in for everybody.
Saudi Arabia: The National Communications and Information Technology PlanUnited Interactive™
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The National Communications and Information Technology Plan - The Vision Towards the Information Society
AI driven automation will create wealth and expand economies. Find out the views of the Executive Office of the US President in this AI Government led initiative.
This project is a short guide that introduce e-governance in South Korea .
It starts with a general presentation of e-governance model in South Korea., followed by the best practices of e-Governance in south korea with several case studies and examples. Finally, a description is given of what steps have to be taken to deal with challenges and problems ofe-governance and how implementation projects can be selected.
Korea has become one of the global e-governance leaders - obtaining the highest scores in E-e-govenance Development Index’ and ‘E-participation Index’. In addition, many of Korea’s e- Governance practices until now have been introduced to the world as the best cases and received worldwide acknowledgement
The subject of connected government is coming once again to the forefront of national development priorities all over the world. This is stemming from the need to address various local and global necessities in light of changing landscape of the new digital world we live in today. In a connected government context, public service agencies are needed to act as a single enterprise so that citizens feel they are being served by one organisation rather than a number of different public authorities. Identity management is considered here a fundamental pillar to enable such operating models, and support single sign-on (SSO) and online identity validation capabilities for e-government and e-commerce environments. This article explores and describes the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government integration strategy with relation to keeping its national identity management infrastructure (population register) updated as life events take place. The integration strategy also aims to support federal and local government entities to verify citizen and resident information using their own applications in a secure, reliable, and integrated manner. Other expected contributions of the integration platform is to support decision-making and strategic planning dimensions of government work.
Knowledge Transfer: Putting Knowledge in Practice to improve Business Perform...Dolly Bhasin
In this paper, I would discuss the knowledge transfer mechanisms using ICT to improve the innovation, competitiveness, collaboration and effectiveness of strategic initiatives to forge ties between South Africa and India.
In today’s global world, creating knowledge for turning them into new products and services is crucial to maintain and enhance the competitiveness. While enough research has been done on Knowledge transfer in the Manufacturing sector, knowledge transfer in services sector has not been well explored.
Collaboration between researchers and industry amongst India and South Africa will be explored through case studies in Elearning, Telemedicine and Book Publishing. The paper would try to highlight how we can create ‘single continuum for knowledge’ by developing platforms where the South African community and Indian Businesses can work and innovate together to create information exchange in a systematic way to improve the business performance, especially in the service delivery.
The Department of Commerce has determined the economy in the creative industry into 14 (fourteen) sectors: (1) advertising
services, (2) architecture, (3) art and antiques market, (4) craft, (5) design, (6) fashion, (7) video, film and photography, (8)
interactive games (9) music, (10) performing arts, (11) publishing and printing, (12) computer and software services, (13)
television and radio, (14) research and development. Mapping of creative industrial areas is done so that the process of guidance
and distribution of assistance from local and central government and the management of the creative industries from each regi on
focused so that the regions have characteristics in producing the creative industry and can compete in the current era of
globalization. Creative industry in Indonesia began to mushroom in 2007, but many people still do not understand what sectors are
included into the creative industry and its development. With so many people's lack of understanding of the creative industry, it
makes its own homework for the government to socialize the creative industries so that the government seeks to map the creative
industries in Indonesia. Though the creative industry is able to contribute greatly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of an area
and create jobs.
This study aims to further understand the characteristics of creative industries, as well as to identify the constraints and
opportunities faced by creative industry players in Indonesia. To identify and analyze the creative industries used 4 quadrant
statistical methods Location Quadrant (LQ) and Dynamic Location Quotient (DLQ). This study uses secondary data of large and
medium industry statistics as well as small and micro industries in 2010-2013 at Provincial level obtained from the Central Bureau
of Statistics (BPS).
The results of this mapping study will provide a general overview of the creative industries sector that has competitiveness in
every region or province in Indonesia.
This document discusses limitations to adopting e-government by local governments in developing countries, using a case study of Ilala Municipal Council in Tanzania. It finds that organizational and legal factors are major impediments. The document provides background on e-government and its potential benefits. It also describes the study area of Ilala Municipal Council and outlines a research method using a survey of 120 respondents to analyze factors limiting e-government adoption, including legal, cultural, managerial, organizational, and technological awareness issues.
In June, the United Nations E-Government Survey 2014 was released. Its theme is “E-Government for the Future We Want.” The report provides a comprehensive collection of U.N. global surveys regarding the status of e-government and related practices around the world. South Korea once again topped the report’s rankings. Many countries have climbed the standings since release of the last report in 2012. This indicates worldwide growth in e-government. The leaders in e-government have many lessons to teach those grasping the concept. This paper will deliver an unbiased view of these e-government leaders. It also will detail the critical elements other countries must adopt in their drive for e-government.
India Africa Aligning for the changing global business dynamicsShushmul Maheshwari
The document discusses opportunities for cooperation between India and Africa in the infrastructure and healthcare sectors. It notes that India has significant expertise in these sectors due to major public and private sector projects. However, Africa faces infrastructure challenges including inadequate roads, air transport costs, and port development. India can help by collaborating with Indian engineering companies to develop world-class infrastructure projects in Africa. It also highlights some successful public-private partnership projects in India like various metro systems and green airports that could serve as models. Strengthening cooperation in these sectors would mutually benefit both India and Africa.
E-government Implementation in Kenya, an evaluation of Factors hindering or p...Editor IJCATR
This document discusses factors that influence the successful implementation of e-government projects in Kenya. It analyzes a survey conducted with officials and citizens to evaluate seven factors related to e-government success and failure based on Heeks' Factor Model.
The survey found that key success factors for e-government in Kenya included having a good strategy, strong internal and external support, competent employees, and adequate funding. Meanwhile, the main failure factors were weak ICT infrastructure, poor project management, and inadequate consideration of user needs in system design. The study provides recommendations to policymakers on addressing weaknesses and promoting strengths to improve e-government implementation.
OECD Report on average literacy proficiency skills among young adults points ...Dyslexia International
This report makes for discouraging reading for employers and others in 12 countries where the proficiency in literacy of 16 – 24 year olds falls significantly below the average.
Go to www.dyslexia-international.org Newsletter October 2013 (No.2) for contents breakdown and chapter guide.
This chapter introduces the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). It first gives a brief overview of how and why the demand for skills has been changing over the past decades, focusing particularly on the advent and widespread
adoption of information and communication technologies and on
structural changes in the economy. It then describes how the survey – the
first international survey of adult skills to directly measure skills in literacy,
numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments – can
assist policy makers in responding to the challenges of a rapidly changing
global labour market.
High Growing Economic Sectors “Opportunity For Entrepreneurs ” in India fo...karrox
India will have a demand for 85-90 million people across various sectors, and the majority of the demand will come from high-growth industries like IT, outsourcing, banking, retail, telecommunication and healthcare. Research report as aggregated by Karrox IT technology
DPA 314 Special Issues in the Administration of Economic DevelopmentJo Balucanag - Bitonio
This document discusses special issues in the administration of economic development in the Philippines. It examines the functions of government in developing economies, including establishing economic environments. The economic environment in the Philippines is analyzed based on factors like economic freedom, rule of law, limited government, regulatory efficiency, open markets, and more. Challenges like corruption and an inefficient judiciary are also discussed. The document advocates for a positive approach by governments to promote development through policies focused on inclusive growth, human capital development, social development, and regulating markets while addressing imperfections. Conditions specific to the Philippines like "labor surplus" and per capita income levels are also considered important contextual factors for determining appropriate government policies.
Changing nature of work: Course Future of Workrakesh singh
This document discusses the changing nature of work and proposes solutions for governments to prepare and support their workforces. It notes that while technology is eliminating some jobs, it is also creating new opportunities. The document recommends that governments in countries like India invest in early childhood education to develop skills, enhance social protection programs, create fiscal space to fund human capital development and social protection, and adapt social assistance and insurance systems to support a changing workforce. The proposed solutions for India include continuing existing child development and nutrition programs, strengthening social insurance, optimizing taxation policies, and enhancing human capital development.
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The Role of Government in Stimulating Public Service Innovation
(Case study Iraq) Rich Oil developing country which is less innovative in the twenty first
century
Paiman Ramazan Ahmad
PhD student-National University of Public Service-Faculty of Public Administration-
Budapest-Hungary
Paiman.ahmad.ramazan@uni-nke.hu
Paiman.ramazan@gmail.com
Abstract
According to the World Development Report (1997), which argued that “an effective state is
vital for the provision of the goods and services – and the rules and institutions that allow
markets to flourish and the people to lead healthier, happier lives. Without it, sustainable
development, both economic and social, is impossible”. The effectiveness of public service
innovation is mainly centralized in the role of government. For improving the government
performance and expanding institutional capacity development, the barriers that restrict
innovation should be taken into account seriously by the Iraqi government in power.
This paper will focus on the role of the Iraqi government and the challenges that public
service encounters in the post-invasion era. The Iraqi government as a developing rich oil
country failed to set the stage for real reforms in the public service. The aim of this paper is to
focus on the barriers of public service innovation including: the context of innovation in the
developing countries-Iraq as a case study in the Middle East, the culture of innovation from the
leadership, opportunities for innovation, the role of the citizens, and governance of public service
too. By analyzing the data about Iraq in different dimensions either economics, social, political,
3. 2
Iraqi performance is very poor as a government. The Corruption Perception Index-2014, ranked
Iraq as 170/175 states which is among the most corrupted states in the world1
. Figure (1).
In this regard, transparency and corruption in Iraq affected the public service deliver and
innovation in the governance of public service. The last part of the paper will highlight the
attempt to translate the challenges into the tools of innovation that benefit state agencies and
institutions for better performance in public service with efficiency and quality. Besides, the role
of government in setting indicators to measure the public service, and the capacity to execute an
innovation agenda, which is needed to strengthen the new ideas, skills and talents that are
required.
Keywords: Iraq, public service, reforms, innovation, barriers for innovation.
Scope of the paper and Limitations
This paper is overviewing the public service delivery and the main barriers for reform and
innovation in the public sector in Iraq. To further improve the efficiency in government service
delivery in Iraq, there is a need for more research to be done in this field. Besides, it is important
to better plan and revise spending in the public sector for more accountability and performance
1
Corruption Perception Index, (2014), Transparency International, accessed on September 5, 2015, available at:
http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results.
4. 3
in public service delivery. In this paper the focus is not on the Kurdistan Regional Government
thus it is not mentioned.
1.1.Introduction
The dependence of Iraq on petroleum as a basic commodity and as an only source of its
revenues for financing development and innovation programs has subjected Iraqi economics to
unsystematic fluctuations that are being felt internationally and regionally. The lack of the basic
services, including, water, electricity, health insurance, safety, security, employment, poverty are
the endless troubles for the Iraqi population. The endless corruption and lack of transparency and
weak governance across Iraq has become unbearable since 2003. The Iraqi public kept pressure
on the government and parliament. Iraqis show the government that people will not be silenced
only by the promises. Recently in August-2015 the Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi started
sweeping reforms to tackle the massive corruption that Iraq faces it. Many Iraqis think that the
reforms are announced only to quite the people temporarily, due to the security crisis and
political condition of Iraq. Apparently, the main challenge Al-Abadi encounters; can he ensure
those reforms to get implemented and also the demands of Iraqis for better services to be met.2
The public pressure had always been a key for governmental reforms, thus Iraqis public
pressure on Al-Abadi responded to the protests quickly by promising reforms. In fact, the public
shows that the Iraqi street will not be silent, unless governments will deliver public service
accurately. However, people ought to keep pressuring to ensure the fulfillment of Abadi’s
promises. The quest for better service delivery is the right of the Iraqi people; however, obtaining
it systematically is impossible, since, as reported, public sector innovation today mostly happens
2
BBC (2015),Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi moves to tackle corruption, August 9, accessed on September 10, 2015,
available at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33840067.
5. 4
through uncoordinated initiatives rather than as a result of deliberate, strategic efforts".3
Which
means the government only seeks the short term solution not a long-term reforms typically in
Iraq. In essence, the Iraqi government officials are democratically elected by the Iraqis; hence
forcing them to follow the commitments to the public is a must. A clear discrepancy today is Iraq
is not among developed and industrial countries. While, during 1988, Iraq was ranked 50th
out of
130 countries on the 1990 UNDP Human Development Index (HDI), after 8 years of war with
Iran. In fact, Iraq was nearly at the top of "medium human development category, since
government invested well in basic social services. Whistle, in 1995, in five years, Iraq declined
to 106th
out of 174 countries, and by 2000 it had ranked as 126th
, which is close to the bottom of
the Medium Human development" category". 4
Understanding the economic system and its
relation with the state development and innovation is a centric point for this paper. As
highlighted by Alexander Gerschenkron that “advantages of relative backwardness”,5
the ability
of poor nations to benefit from accessing existing, more productive technology from rich nations,
rather than having to develop them de nouveau via the research and development process.
In line with this, the role of technology has impressive effect on innovation and development
in the public service delivery. In fact, technology is considered as a key player and an engine of
growth in developed nations as central point for innovation and development. Restricting
technological development in Iraq had been the main factor for weakness in public service
innovation. Emphasizing on Iraq a rich-energy country can only be explained by analyzing
3
European Commission. (2013), powering European public sector innovation, towards a new architecture,
European Union.
4
Iraq Economic Data (1989-2003), Central Intelligence Agency, accessed on September 8, 2015, available at:
https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/iraq_wmd_2004/chap2_annxD.html.
5
Alexander Gerschenkron, Economic Development in Historical Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 1962. Cited in Howard, Pack. (2008), Asian Successes vs. Middle Eastern Failures: The Role of Technology
Transfer in Economic Development, Issues in Science and Technology, Volume XXIV, Issue 3, spring, available at:
http://issues.org/24-3/pack.
6. 5
many factors and indexes, including the differences in the quality of leadership and economic
policy. But, importantly, focusing on barriers of innovation not only technology but the role of
professional labor force, and governance skills are extremely crucial to better understand the
public service failure in Iraq.
1.2.The Role of the Iraqi Government in Stimulating Public Service Innovation
Systemic innovation in the public service comes from the government, it is vitally important
to highlight the initiative reforms of Iraqi government, the prime minister has identified civil
service reforms as major key areas in the Iraqi government’s program for 2011–14, reforming
the public administration system to obtain good governance by following these key drivers for
reform including:
(i) Reform of the civil service system, adoption of the Civil Service Law, and the establishment of the
Federal Civil Service Council;
(ii) Review of legislation and regulations;
(iii) Institutional reform and review of organizational structures, internal regulations, job descriptions,
and staffing requirements;
(iv) Reform of the practices of public financial management;
(v) Improvement of communication between government institutions, and between the federal
government and local government institutions; and
(vi) Strengthening of anti-corruption measures and continued cooperation with international
organizations combating corruption and bilaterals. 6
The Iraqi government is left with many employees who are unused to take the risks, new
things and creatively approaching problem solving. In addition, many key barriers to innovation
are not yet approached by the government. The lack of competition and profit motive in the
6
The World Bank, (2014), A World Bank Study, Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review, toward more
efficient spending for better service delivery, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World
Bank, Pp.26-27.
7. 6
public sector certainly plays an important role.7
Typically, in the countries where the government
is the ownership of the service like in Iraq. The Iraqi public service sector is entirely crippled,
and in many cases the political and ethnic tension controls the service, and disrupts the efforts of
the local government bodies. The main solution for public service innovation in Iraq depends on
the short term nature of the political leadership, thus the government is unable to sustain new
initiatives from idea to implementation. Lack of cooperation for innovation in public service
delivery poses barriers for innovation, besides, there are few serious attempts of the government
to navigate the bureaucracy, avoid pitfalls, and implement innovative ideas.
Indeed, the government of Iraq is ill-prepared to manage innovation in the public service sector.
The government has a responsibility to continually improve the way services are delivered to the
Iraqi people. Since, the barriers to innovation are not new, but they are persistent and stand in
direct opposition to achieving agency's high priority performance goals. To be stated, innovation
is not yet the culture in many agencies' principles. Lack of funding the process of innovation in
the public sector puts the burden on the people, public servants and the government too. An
enormous challenge the government of Iraq confronts is spending too much for unproductive
reforms, "general public services and economic affairs together accounted for well over three-
quarters of total capital expenditure over 2005–2010."8
But on the real ground nothing happened
during 2005-2010, based on the amount spent, the service delivery performance did not change.
According to Mintzberg (1989), political motivations for innovation are, at least potentially,
7
GovLab,(nd), Public sector, disrupted How disruptive innovation can help government achieve more for less, The
Deloitte Federal Practice, p,2, accessed on September 10, 2015, available at:
http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Public-Sector/dttl-ps-publicsectordisrupted-
08082013.pdf.
8
The World Bank, (2014), A World Bank Study, Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review, toward more
efficient spending for better service delivery, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World
Bank,P.34.
8. 7
common to all organizations."9
The public sector in Iraq has a complex nature, not only politics,
but incentives to innovation are low, in this environment risks are high, it might often be seen as
what Mulgan & Albury (2003) addressed as an " optional extra or an added burden". 10
The
public service innovation in many cases is exploited to show the commitment of the government
towards the public. The image of local government is an important driver for citizens, because
the quality and levels of efficiency depends on the government competitiveness in delivering
public service. Apparently, the Iraqi government is not able to project a public image, which will
heighten foreign appeal, since the government is not modeling an efficient public service and
lacks innovation in most of the sectors. The public of Iraq is aware about modernization process
and innovation in public sector regionally and internationally. Therefore, Iraqis are more
demanding of their public services than before. Even though, internet penetration is low in the
Middle East, compares it to the rest of the world, and in Iraq is quite low, yet it has an effect on
young generation and their awareness. Figure (2).
9
Henry Mintzberg. (1989): Mintzberg on Management: Inside Our Strange World of Organizations, New York,
Free Press
10
Mulgan and Albury, 2003. Innovation in the Public Sector. Discussion Paper. Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, UK,
p.5.
9. 8
Figure (3).
Mentioned by Albury (2005) that "it is only through a process of innovation that public
services can shift out of a 20th
century ' mass provision' mode to a more personalized mode."11
In
the Iraqi circumstance, not innovation, but the basic service is not accessed at all times like (the
24/7) a week, but mostly on the basis of hours per region/or city such as water and electricity. In
2014-2015 the public service suffers mainly under the pressure of the war with the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and the deficit in the government budget. Reported by the UN, that "as
many as 10 million persons could be affected and be in need of humanitarian assistance, this is
by the end of the war with ISIS". 12
Mulgan & Albury (2003) stated that there is a historic
tendency for costs in the public sector to rise faster than those in the rest of the economy".13
It is
not to reduce waste and improve efficiency, in certain cases service deliver has no priority like in
Iraq, and many Iraqis are employed in the public sector, which means people think the public
sector is more promising than the private sector. To be mentioned, the government is working to
get well-qualified workers and graduates to become public servants. Comparing Iraq to any
developed countries would not be fair, since Iraq has been involved in various crises, to be
addressed; the first and second gulf wars, the UN sanctions, Trade Embargo, and currently the
rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Prior to the post invasion- Americans with the
11
Albury D. (2005). Fostering innovation in public services. Public Money and Management, 25, January, 51-56.
12
UN, (2015). Year of sustained violence across Iraq has hit children hardest, UN says, UN news Center, June 30,
accessed on september5, 2015, available at: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51301#.Vf3P-0jFy18.
13
Mulgan, G., &Albury, D. (2003). Innovation in the Public Sector, Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, October 2003.
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international coalition forces planned for innovation and reforms, nevertheless the goals are not
obtained yet. The Iraqi government works hard to invest in public service innovation and
supporting sustainable development, while that did not work for almost 20 years. It is reported
that service delivery is not reliable, only 52 percent of people whose houses are connected to the
public water network report that their water supply is stable. For electricity, only 22.4 percent
can rely solely on the public network for their housing units. Overall, Iraq’s poverty headcount
index stands at 22.9 percent.14
By contrast, the public sector spending to gross domestic product
(GDP) ratio, is highlighted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the regional average
for public expenditure to GDP in the Middle East and North Africa was 30 percent, while
advanced economies were 41 percent, 29 percent was for emerging and developing economies,
while Iraq has the highest level of spending as 52 percent during 2005-2012. Figure (4).
After the invasion the standard of living for Iraqi citizens' drop dramatically, reported that
health and education were both up in 1980s, while the 1990s recorded devastation to the Iraqi
14
The World Bank, (2013), Iraq: Investing in Infrastructure and Institutions to Create an Environment for
Sustainable Economic Revival and Social Progress, October 5, accessed on September 12, 2015, available at:
http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2013/10/04/iraq-investing-in-infrastructure-and-institutions-to-create-an-
environment-for-sustainable-economic-revival.
11. 10
economy, one U.N. study founded that living standards dropped 2/3 from 1988 to 1995. 15
Notably, the public expectation for better services and competency in delivery service is rising
while the Iraqi government's competence is declining. Resulted from weak planning, political
and bureaucratic tensions which dumped millions of dollars in the public sector without any
outcomes. As described by Geoff (2007) monopolistic sectors tend not to be very innovative for
the obvious reason that the monopolist has little incentive to invest profits in new products and
services".16
1.3. Lack of Services and Innovation in Iraq
Innovation in the public sector has to be a necessity for the Iraqi government, since Iraq
struggles to maintain and deliver a high quality service in a context of the abundant resources
condition. Stressing on Utilitarianism, and how the notion of the philosophy was modified by
John Stuart Mill through the phrase “the greatest good for the greatest number of people", in
which Jeremy Bentham focused on the calculus in a quantitative sense, whereas Mill used the
same calculus in a qualitative sense.17
This is an extremely important system to be taken into out
by the Iraqi government. Respectively, it is important to emphasize on the role of technology as a
key component of innovation in the public sector. In fact, information communication
technology (ICT) in Iraq is yet on backward and no modernization in governmental services.
Although, in 2003 a United States (US) vendor has proposed an ICT roadmap for Iraq, but no
15
Joel, Wing. (2009). In Iraq Before and After The Invasion, musingsoniraqblogspot, Tuesday, August 25, 2009,
Accessed on September 6, 2015, available at: http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.hu/2009/08/life-in-iraq-before-and-
after-invasion.html.
16
Geoff, Mulgan. (2007). Ready or Not? Taking innovation in the public sector seriously, NESTA Making
Innovation Flourish, April 3rd
,p.18.
17
Kerby, Anderson. (2004). Utilitarianism: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number, Probe Ministries, May 27,
accessed on September 10, 2015, available at:https://www.probe.org/utilitarianism-the-greatest-good-for-the-
greatest-number.
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clear cut results. 18
Technology transfer plays a very important role in innovating public service,
Iraq with a low level of domestic innovation, new technology is mainly imported. Since, the
invasion 2003, technology transferred through foreign direct investment in Iraq, by different
multinational corporations. Sometimes even the professional labours and consultants are hired by
the Iraqi government. In analysing the Oslo Manual which consists of guidelines to understand
and analyse innovation, the Oslo Manual is being applied to collect data, to evaluate and
compare innovation performance. The commonly agreed definition of innovation is driven from
the third edition (OECD/Eurostat, 2005), “An innovation is the implementation of a new or
significantly improved product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new
organizational method in business practices, workplace organization or external relations." The
four basic types of innovation are missing in Iraq:
Product innovation (“introduction of a good or service that is new or significantly improved with
respect to its characteristics or intended uses”),
Process innovation (“implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery
method”)
Marketing innovation (“implementation of a new marketing method involving significant changes
in product design or packaging, product placement, product promotion or pricing”), and
Organizational innovation (“implementation of a new organizational method in the firm’s business
practices, workplace organization or external”.19
And, also the absence of an effective Public Investment Management Framework in Iraq".20
18
ICT roadmap for Iraq proposed by a US vendor in2003:pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/papers/iraqpolicy.pdf
19
Oslo Manual, (2005) Guidelines for Collecting and Interpreting Innovation Data, OECD/ Eurostat , 3rd Edition,
accessed on September 16, 2015, available at: http://www.oecd.org/sti/inno/2367580.pdf,.
20
The World Bank, (2014), A World Bank Study, Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review, toward more
efficient spending for better service delivery, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World
Bank, P.63.
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1.4. The Fundamental Drivers of Innovation in Public Service are missing in Iraq
1.4.1. Lack of Human Capital and Public Service Innovation:
The Iraqi public service account for 17% of the GDP, the public service budget by far is the
largest spending category.21
Compared to Europe nearly 55% of GDP, the United States with
32%, 26% in Japan, 16% in China, 17% in India.22
According to the Iraq Labor Force Analysis
2003-2008, Public services-related employment accounts for 43% of the work force.23
While
one third of the total EU working-age population and public employment represents more than
15%.24
According to the World Fact Book, in the percentage distribution of the labor force by
sector occupation, including Agriculture, Industry, services cover government activities, the data
shows the highest ratio of labor is in services in Iraq.25
Figure (5).
The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2014, The GII highlights the key role of innovation as a
driver of economic growth and well-being. Besides, the workers with advanced degrees are an
21
The World Bank (2014) Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review: Toward More Efficient Spending ,
p. 40. Available at:
https://books.google.hu/books?id=gBVTBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=iraqi+public+services+account+f
or+how+much+of+GDP&source=bl&ots=B8Uwoly35y&sig=4By6Cqy_arHrSAVOaNDA_ouYVxE&hl=en&sa=X
&ved=0CDAQ6AEwA2oVChMIoavWlMX8xwIVy7cUCh3azgBF#v=onepage&q=iraqi%20public%20services%20
account%20for%20how%20much%20of%20GDP&f=false.
22
Hugo, Thenint. (2010). Mini Study 10 Innovation in the public sector, Global Review of Innovation Intelligence
and Policy Studies ,accessed on September 12, 2015, available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/files/proinno/inno-grips-mini-study-10_en.pdf.
23
Iraq Labour Force Analysis 2003-2008 ƒ(2009), available at:
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/sites/default/files/reports/OCHAIAU%20LabourForceImpactsIraq%202009.pdf.
ƒƒƒ
24
Nunzio, Casalino.,&Peter, Bednar. (nd). managerial governance and transparency in public sector to improve
services for citizens and companies, p.2. Available at:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=5153936&fileOId=5153937.
25
The World Factbook, (2014). Labor Force by Occupation-Iraq, Central Intelligence Agency, accessed on
September 12,2015, available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2048.html.
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essential starting point for innovation. 26
This brings in the mobility of the human capital globally
and regionally. The human factor in innovation analysis the role of individuals in the process of
innovation, the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (UNCEPA-
2011), had identified the main six priority areas in which the member states could build their
capacity to implement the Millennium Declaration, including; " “the public sector must develop
a strategy to recruit and retain its fair share of the best talent”, following the UNCEPA- 2003,
this issue was again considered in the discussion, " that revitalizing and revalidating public
administration to enable the State to perform its changing role and to better serve citizens was an
overarching priority for all countries".27
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraqi lost its skilled labour, thus identifying and applying
such knowledge in the public sector requires a highly educated domestic labour force. Thus,
generating purely local innovations through domestic research and development was not helpful
in developing public service in Iraq, because the main driver of innovation the human capital was
missing to nurture innovation process. As an important part of the process of innovation, the
Iraqi young generation is subjected to ill-treatment from the government, even the two
"Government attention to youth is reflected in such documents as the National Development Plan
2013–2017 and the National Youth Strategy 2013–2020. This report must be seen as
complementing and supporting both those national programmes and the UN initiatives tackling
issues related to the youth as a paramount development priority in Iraq over the period to
26
The Global Innovation Index , (2014). The Human Factor in Innovation, accessed on September 5, 2015, available
at: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/economics/gii/gii_2014.pdf.
27
United Nations, (2003).Committee of Experts on Public Administration, Report on the second session, , Economic
and Social Council Official Records 2003 Supplement No. 44 (E/2003/44-E/C.16/2003/6), 7-11, April, accessed on
September 12, 2015, available at: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan010750.pdf.
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2020".28
In this regard, the human capital in the process of stimulating public service delivery is
highlighted by Kelley (2010) as an achievement which can be pursued by collaboration rather
than a single skilled worker.29
The Iraqi public service is not productive for the Iraqi public,
since the productivity of education in industry and advanced service is not operated well in new
manufacturing process and producing new products which require well skilled and trained
individuals. In line with this, Ferrary (2011) emphasized".The life cycle of innovation is an
interactive process that starts with exploration and ends with exploitation".30
As, Iraqi highly
educated labour force generates their capacity abroad, Iraqi would be more productive, if the
talented people of Iraq to stay. The the OECD (2001a, 18), human capital is “the knowledge,
skills, competencies and attributes embodied in individuals that facilitate the creation of
personal, social and economic well-being”.31
Educated and skilled labour is the key stimulator and facilitator for innovation of the public
service, illiteracy among the population increased in the 1990s, which resulted in decreasing
Iraqi's stock of human capital besides the physical infrastructure. Notably, the 1970s and the
1980s literacy campaign had dramatically reduced illiteracy among 15-45 year olds from 48
percent in 1978 to 20 percent in 1987 (UN/World Bank, 2003b). Whistle, in 2001 based on the
United Nations Human Development Report, 55 percent of Iraqis aged 15-24 were illiterate. The
Iraq Knowledge Network Survey (IKN) Survey 2011, the chart shows that the Iraqi population
28
UNDP, (2014), Iraq Human Development Report, P.19, accessed on September 12, 2015, available
at:http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/publications/IraqNHDR2014-English.pdf.
29
Kelley, B. (2010). Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire. Hoboken: John Wiley.
30
Ferrary, M. 2011. Specialized organizations and ambidextrous clusters in the open innovation paradigm. European
Management Journal, 29: 181-192.
31
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2001a) , the well-being of nations: the role
of human and social capital. OECD, Paris.
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are still confronted with continual power cuts, lack of clean drinking water, poor health service,
this means widely perceived service are unsatisfactory. Figure (6).
Asserting Human resources as the major ingredient of public sector revitalization is needed to
bring in reforms in the public sector in Iraq. Adding to this, the quality of the human resource in
the public sector should be the main goal for the public policy in Iraq. Lack of improving the
education system and enhancing technology imports resulted in creating unskilled labor in the
business market of Iraq. Incorporating a well-educated generation is a valuable asset for
developing and delivering better public service for Iraqis. It could be argued that the Iraqi
population were nevertheless acquiring different relevant skills though the classical education,
but there were relevant to utilizing and managing the governmental duties. The domestic
knowledge generation can promote public service innovation; Iraqi government did not create an
environment for innovating public service. To be noted, scientific research is a crucial factor,
which is neglected in Iraq. Researchers in R&D are professionals engaged in the conception or
creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods, or systems and in the management of
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the projects concerned. Postgraduate PhD students (ISCED97 level 6) engaged in R&D are
included. Number included (426) individuals, 2010-2014s, while Ireland alone is 3,513.32
Figure
(7).
The effect of instability and security had a negative effect on forcing many Iraqi professionals
and skilled labors to live at exile during the Baath regime period, and in a post invasion era.
Doug (2006) mentioned that there is a "Brain Drain" move in which many professionals and
businessmen escape to regional countries or to the West. The top Iraqi doctors, lawyers,
professors, and businessmen had been targeted or kidnapped, thus the core of skilled people it
needs most left the country.33
Oddly, statistics about Iraqi people left Iraq is not accurate, due to
constant war and instability, "the Iraqi diaspora worldwide was estimated between 2 and 4
million people, half of this number having left Iraq in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War". 34
32
World Bank, (2014), Researchers in R&D (per million people), Data-Iraq, accessed on September 7, 2015,
available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6.
33
Doug, Struck. (2006). Professionals fleeing Iraq as violence, threats persist, Washington Post Foreign Service,
January 23, accessed on September 12, 2015, available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201112.html.
34
Aij, Fidh. (2003) , Displaced persons in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iraqi Refugees in Iran, Alliance Internationale pour
la Justice-International Federation for Human Rights, Paris.
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1.4. 2. The Effect of Corruption on Innovation in Public Service in Iraq
The Iraqi public services continue to be plagued by severe deficiencies all around the country
in the post invasion era. Notably, widespread corruption is spread in Iraqi government, which is
alarming for a developing country. Indeed, corruption becomes a trend in Iraqi, which is
tolerated by the government, thus it is widespread in all institutions mainly the governmental
sector. Based on the data on corruption the Iraqi government lost international, national and
regional credibility, because Iraq is not able to fight corruption, the government anti-corruption
policies do not work to reduce corruption.
Lack of checks and balances in the Iraqi government give the space for more abuse of the
wealth of Iraq, this phenomena has devastated the public sector and resulted in the reduction of
public service following the 2003 U.S. invasion. In line with this the public of Iraq has no
information on the wealth and how the Iraqi wealth is spent, the Open Budgetary Survey, is an
index indicator showing the government's openness in terms of the budget, according to the data
on the Transparency/open budget index Iraq is 3/100 which means the government hides
information about the budget. Besides, the public participation is labeled as 4/100 the Iraqi
government does not allow the public to engage in the budget process. And also, the budget
oversight by legislature is 27/100 which is weak in Iraq. Lastly, the budget oversight by the
supreme audit institution in Iraq is limited as 50/100. 35
Lack of strong institutions primarily
courts and the judicial system gave scope for more corruption, since the political pressure gave
the government officials to feel freer in being involved in corruption. Meanwhile, the public
35
Open Budget Survey, (2015), Data on Iraq, international Budget partnership (IBP), accessed on September 7,
2015, available at: http://internationalbudget.org/opening-budgets/open-budget-initiative/open-budget-
survey/country-info/?country=iq.
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service delivery is crippled by nepotism, corruption, lack of auditing, weak parliament
legislations; weak federal Supreme Court all together brought Iraq backward in the 21th century.
In focusing on the horizons, no reforms in the public sector in Iraqi resulted in better and
efficient public service delivery. Referring to the attempt by the Prime Minister Noori Al-Maliki,
who planned a 100-day deadline for the government to improve service delivery and reduce
corruption. 36
It is significant to see where Iraq is labeled in the international indexes of
corruption and transparency. According the International watchdog organization Transparency
International, the global corruption perception index has ranked Iraq as 175th
out of 178
countries. Indeed, even with the supervision and guidance the United States provided with the
international agencies, it seems a waste of time. As, the Integrity Commission, created by the
U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in 2004, is primarily charged with investigating and
reporting on acts of corruption throughout the public sector. 37
Looting and corruption left no
room for innovation in public service delivery, even in the presence of international observers.
1.4.3. Lack of Innovative Leadership and Governance Trend in Iraq for almost 20 years
The dynamics of public sector are diverse; innovation in the public sector is linked to the
leadership of the institutions and the regions too. Innovation is embedded into the institutional
structure, taking into account the Scandinavian governments with less natural resources compare
to Iraq are far more innovative in all sectors not only in public services. In this regard, innovation
in the public sector is a great responsibility of leaders in charge, and people "public servants" in
the institutions. Besides, the policies for innovation and assets "physical capital" allocation for
36
Iraq Status Report, (2011). Iraqi Politics, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Iraq
Policy & Operations Group, March 3, accessed on September 10, 2015, available at:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/157897.pdf.
37
International Crisis Group (2011), Failing oversight: Iraq's unchecked government, Middle East Report N113,
September 26, p.9.
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innovation in public service. Respectively, many states and regions invest in Research and
Development including Israel, Ireland, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, French, and mostly in the
public service. Interestingly, the idea of pulls and pushes is highlighted by Geoff (2007), the fact
that leaders accept conditions for innovation, is specific innovations start with pushes or pulls".38
Based on the World Bank, Research and Development Expenditure (% of GDP) Data, Iraqi
allocation is (0.4% or 0.3%), which only covers basic research activities, while Israel spends
3.97% by far it is much more than what Iraq spends. 39
In case of Iraq spending on development
and innovation is declining, and most data reveals the facts that Iraq is on backward in
innovation. By contrast, the Military Expenditure (% of GDP) since 2006 is rapidly going up, it
was the same before the invasion, and this graphic from the World Bank clearly shows how the
cash flow in Iraq goes to Military Spending not to service innovations.40
Figure (8).
38
Geoff Mulgan (2007), Ready or Not? Taking innovation in the public sector seriously, NESTA Making
Innovation Flourish, April 3rd
,p. 18.
39
World Bank, (2014), Research and Development Expenditure (% of GDP) Data-Iraq, accessed on September 7,
2015, available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS.
40
World Bank, (2014), Military Expenditure (% of GDP) Data-Iraq, accessed on September 7, 2015, available at:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS/countries/IQ?display=graph.
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1.5. The Iraqi Public Sector Modernization (I-PSM)
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), country Data Report of Iraq, 1996-2013,
reports the six aggregate governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories,
including: a) Voice, and Accountability: is 10-25th extreme condition, b) Political Stability
and Absence of Violence: is 0-10th percentile range , c) Government Effectiveness: is 10-25th
percentile range d) Regulatory Quality: is 10-25th percentile range e) Rule of Law: is 0-10th
percentile range, f) Control of Corruption: is 0-10th percentile range". 41
The I-PSM program
is supported by the World health Organization to conduct functional reviews of the health
sector/system with the aim of assessing the capacity of health system by reviewing the core
functions in the first phase, and to focus on sector reforms to strengthen service delivery.42
Besides, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) had an
attempt in familiarizing knowledge management as a tool for public sector reforms in Iraq and
Kurdistan Region, UN-ESCWA provides government officials, both from Iraq and Kurdistan
region to work on the on-going public reforms.43
Since 2003, Iraqi government's concern was reform in the public sector to provide people
with better services; therefore, priority was given to the (I-PSM) program, which aimed to
reform several sectors of the economy in order to improve public service delivery. Among the
sectors, the health sector was chosen as a pilot area for the modernizing reforms, the I-PSM
was a four year program allocation budget estimation was US$55 million; the program
41
The World Wide Governance Indicators (1996-2013), accessed on March 30, 2015, available at:
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.aspx#reports.
42
World Health Organization (nd),Iraq Public Sector Modernization (I-PSM), accessed on September 12, 2015,
available at:,http://www.emro.who.int/irq/programmes/iraq-public-sector-modernization-i-psm.html.
43
UN-ESCWA, Advancing Iraqi Public Sector Reforms, available at:
http://www.escwa.un.org/main/scroll/printwhatsnew.asp?id=921&referenceNUM=iraq-workshop.
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targeted the entire health system in Iraq. However, the reform was not productive compare to
the spending. As noted the source of funding the public sector and public service in Iraq is
government, and the budget depends on oil and gas revenues.44
The public administration
reform (PAR) was planned by Iraqi government since 2013, with the support of the National
Center for Management Development and Information Technology, (NCMDIT), in the
ministry of planning and technical support, the reform aimed at the main ministries. 45
In link
with this, based on the World Bank, health Expenditure, public (% of GDP) regardless of what
local data is of Iraq, health spending in (2010-2013) is between (2.7- 3.3).
And, similar to health, Education which is one of the main public services in Iraq, the
World Bank, Government Expenditure on Education, Total, (% of GDP) 2010-2014 has no
data available, in which government need to declare it. 46
When unfolding data, the CPIA
public sector management and institutions cluster average (1 =low to 6=high), which covers,
property rights and rule-based governance, quality of budgeting and financial management,
efficiency of revenue mobilization, quality of public administration, transparency,
accountability, and corruption in the public sector no data is mentioned in the world bank
database for Iraq in 2010-2014s.47
Figure (9).
44
A World Bank Study (2014), Republic of Iraq Public Expenditure Review: Toward More Efficient Spending, The
World Bank, Washington, p.96.
45
Iraq Public Sector Modernization Programme (2013) brief information available at:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Quarterly%20e-
newsletter%20issued%20by%20Higher%20Committee%20for%20Administration%20Reform%20No.%204.pdf.
46
World Bank, (2014), Government Expenditure on Education, Total (% of GDP) Data-Iraq, accessed on September
7, 2015, available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS.
47
World Bank, (2014), the CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1 =low to 6=high),)
Data-Iraq, accessed on September 7, 2015, available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ.
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Conclusion
In the midst of the fragile economic system and post invasion war with ISIS, Iraqi government
faces with long term issues including; security, unemployment, an outdated public service
infrastructure, weak governance, bad health care and public services are in the worst condition.
Overall, this paper reflects the poor and unhealthy performance of the public sector in Iraq. In
fact, the various factors affecting innovation in public service, including corruption, lack of
leadership, security, bureaucracy, and planning, human resource. Thus, those factors are
necessary to be taken into account by the Iraqi government in the future. To conclude, Iraq has
adapted various approaches at the national level with the support of international actors to foster
public-sector innovation, aiming at enhancing service delivery performance. However, the main
tools to strengthen public service delivery is missing, therefore there is a need for understanding
the current available public service performance in Iraq.
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