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النسخة العربية من "حوار الطرشان" او" جدل بشأن حصة إقليم كردستان من الموازنة الاتحادية "

bayancenter.org/2019/07/5383/

Recap: In the “Dialogue of the deaf” or “The debate over #Iraq-i #Kurdistan’s share of the federal budget”, I argue that the budget sharing ...

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... agreement, like all prior ones, is flawed, unsustainable, & bound to fail.

Looking at the #KRG’s finances, with the help of the Deloitte audits, I argue that the KRG cannot, even if it wanted, to comply with its obligations under the #Iraqi federal budget terms.

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The GoI & the #KRG need to embark on comprehensive re-write of the relationship in a such way that both parties believe that the benefits of the new relationship far outweigh the benefits of not having it.

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Fresh thinking by both sides, as well as by #Iraq’s international stakeholders, is needed for such a re-write to happen.

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It would entail that the GoI takes into consideration the region’s dynamics, while for #KRG this requires a realization that it cannot operate independently & claim its share of #Iraq's federal budget in absence its own contributions.

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Thanks to al @BayanCenter & in particular to @aalmawlawi
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ويود المؤلف أن يعرب عن امتنانه للفريق في مركز البيان للدراسات والتخطيط لما قدموه من دعم، ولاسيما علي المولوي، وسجاد جياد، ومحرر اللغة زياد طارق، ومؤيد مجيد لصبرهم اللا متناهي

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