Public Expenditure Productivity in Iraq and the problematic disparity of Time line during the fiscal year

A THESIS SUBMITTED BY
Zainab Jabbar Abd al- Hussein Al-Dami
To The council of the college of Administration and Economics – University of Karbala In partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the Master Degree in Economics
SUPERVISED BY
 ASST.prof. DR . Mohammed Hussain Kazem Al-Jubouri

Abstract

This study is Seeking to Treat one of the most important problem which suffer from Iraqi economic ، the lack of the regularity in the process of government spending ، irregularity during the fiscal year . One of the most important main reasons of irregularity and great imbalance during the fiscal year and the major imbalance during the fiscal year ، Is the delay in the process of approving the state budget ، In addition government units are seeking to attempt to spend all of the allocated public funds before the end of the fiscal year ، without taking into account the specific objectives of the expenditure operations . Where found that government spending is for the purpose of spending only and not for a particular purpose . The most important justification for this behavior ، the amounts allocated to government units in the coming fiscal year will be linked to the allocations in the previous financial year ، and in order to determine the impact of imbalance and irregularity in public spending ، This study is a trying to measure the productivity of public expenditure by dividing it into four chapters is measured ، the study also relied on the period of time (2005-2017) for the purpose of measuring this effect and using modern methods known as (Test Panel ) ، one of the most important results has been reached is that ، the productivity of public expenditure recorded its top during the first chapter of the fiscal year ، then began to decline gradual during the other chapters to record its lowest value during the fourth chapter of the fiscal year . and this is because the irregular distribution of public expenditure during the fiscal year .