Human Development in Iraq

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Human Development in Iraq 1950–1990
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Acknowledgements
7. 1 Human development theory and Iraq’s developmental story
   1. Introduction
   2. Income and wellbeing
   3. Human development
   4. The human development model and Iraq
8. 2 Social, political, and economic evolution of Iraq, 1920–1990
   1. Political and social developments
   2. The economy to 1950
9. 3 Economic growth, consumption, income distribution, and capital formation
   1. Introduction
   2. GDP per capita, private and government consumption
   3. The distribution of income
   4. Formation of physical capital
   5. Economic structure
   6. Summary and conclusion
10. 4 Education
    1. Literacy and enrollment rates
    2. Patterns in improvements and some correlations
    3. Human development and the political economy of education
    4. Concluding remarks
11. 5 Housing, basic services, nutrition and health
    1. Housing and basic services
    2. Nutrition
    3. Health
    4. Efficiencies and complementarities
    5. Concluding remarks
12. 6 The position of women
    1. Cultural and religious contexts
    2. Women’s access to education
    3. Women’s access to paid employment
    4. Laws governing the position of women
    5. Women and the state
    6. Concluding remarks
13. 7 Human rights and political freedoms
    1. Contracting political space
    2. Death penalty laws
    3. The sectarian composition of government and political executions
    4. The Humana Index
    5. Concluding remarks
14. 8 Conclusion
15. Appendix: The Humana Index
16. Notes
17. References
18. Index