Politics

Strategic planning in Iraq

Problems and solutions

Ghazwan Al-manhalawi

Countries adopt long-term strategic plans to achieve their visions through a scientific approach that accounts for variables. However, the experience in Iraq has faced complex challenges that rendered successive strategies ineffective or unable to achieve their goals. This failure stems from a structural imbalance caused by the overlap of plans with ministerial programs, a lack of understanding of the institutional and political environment, and an absence of seriousness in implementation and oversight, which created a wide gap between planning and reality. To overcome this, there is a need for a planning model based on institutional separation between the stages of formulation, approval, implementation, and follow-up, ensuring a practical structure that gives national plans real feasibility in the future.

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Arabic Version: https://www.baidarcenter.org/posts/3335

Mr. Ghazwan Al-Manhalawi

Director of the Policy and Planning Department at the Center, Mr. Al-Manhalawi focuses his research on institutional reform and public policy in Iraq. He has published extensively on local and international platforms and has considerable training experience in policy writing, data analysis, and think tank operations.
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