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Economical 11/16/2023[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Abdul Zahra Muhammad Al-Hindawi
Why do government projects slow down, stop, or delay, while private sector projects mostly proceed without stopping?
Available data indicate that there are quite a few numbers, perhaps exceeding a thousand government projects, that suffer from problems that prevent them from proceeding with their completion according to their timelines. These projects are not limited to one sector alone, or to one governorate or ministry alone, as the scene is almost... In general, if we looked into the reasons, we would find them multiple, but in my estimation, the most prominent reason behind the cessation of most projects is due to the great expansion in the inclusion of more projects, days of financial abundance, and the justification for this expansion, which seems somewhat logical, is that all sectors Development, without exception, was dilapidated, and needed more projects and funds to advance it. In the period between 2010 and 2014, Iraq was granted much good, after oil prices witnessed an unprecedented rise in their rates, which encouraged the expansion of projects in the transportation and communications sectors. And buildings and services, industry and agriculture within the investment and regional development programmes. This expansion ultimately led to disastrous results, including the widening of the circle of corruption surrounding implementation processes. Some projects were referred to incompetent companies, and thus the implementing company would not be able to implement them. The project, and the method adopted at that time was the operating advance method, which amounted to 60% of the project value, and was delivered in advance to the contractor or implementing company. What happened was that some of these companies received the advance and disappeared from the scene, and the project remained to be blown away by the winds! As for the other matter that occurred Regarding expansion, which is the most dangerous of course, as it was represented by a complete inability to finance projects, after the double crisis that struck Iraq in 2014 (the ISIS crisis and the decline in oil prices), so the government had no choice but to stop the projects and direct its efforts and capabilities towards perpetuating the momentum of the war. Against terrorism, which cost the country about 100 billion dollars, Resolution 347 of 2015 was issued, which decided to stop projects. This decision later had very difficult repercussions, including the dues of companies and contractors, which amounted to approximately 8 trillion dinars. This had The matter has very complex negative social and economic consequences, and one of the repercussions of stopping projects is the severe state of extinction, which has exacerbated and doubled the costs of completing the lagging projects, which have consumed more than 20 trillion dinars and may need the same amount or a little less to complete them, and they include hospitals, schools and roads. Water, sewage, electricity, and other projects, and their cessation has led to what is known as loss of benefit. The country has lost important development opportunities. For this number of projects to stop means that we have lost hundreds of thousands of job opportunities, in addition to widening development gaps in various fields.
In light of the advanced scene, the solution requires conducting a sorting and classification process for all lagging projects, taking into account the rate of completion of the project, the extent of its extinction, its developmental importance, the level of service it provides to the community, the number of job opportunities it generates, the amount of financial allocations it needs, and the capacity The implementation of the beneficiary entity, and lagging projects are prioritized according to the aforementioned criteria, noting the necessity of benefiting from this lesson in dealing with projects in the future, as no new projects should be included, except after the entities that own the projects complete their financial obligations, to enter into the project. New contractual obligations. Otherwise, what is the benefit of having thousands of projects, but not being able to complete them?
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