Capacity Building at the Kurdistan Region Statistics Office Through Data Collection

• Main Author: Abramzon, Shmuel (auth)
• Other Authors: Burger, Nicholas (auth), Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie (auth), Glick, Peter (auth), Kumar, Krishna B. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Middle Eastern history; Employment & labour law; Social research & statistics; History; Sociology; Law
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq needs policy-relevant data to help improve infrastructure, encourage the private sector, attract foreign investment, and foster economic growth. The Kurdistan Region Statistics Office needs to build capacity to collect the data. RAND worked closely with the Office to bui...