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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.79, # 1, 2022, pp. 4-19

Statistical Data Availability and the Impact Dimensions
The min statistical data sources, to carry out the analysis of the explosive ordnance
impact on the Iraqi economy, are both; The Directorate of Mine Action (DMA) in
Iraq, of Ministry of Environment, and the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency
(IKMAA) Authority in Erbil.

The statistical information has been supplied by the above two government
institutions dealing with mine matters in Iraq, in the shape of areas that are fully
affected and contaminated, and its spillover impact, on eighteen socio-economic
and infrastructure sectors of Iraq as a whole, and in each of its 18 governorates.

The main matrix depicting the data on impact, by sector and sub-national, in
percentages, is shown in the annex. For reasons of confidentiality, the percentage
rather than the absolute figures by sector and location are shown in this paper.

The Impact on National Level
In this section, the measurement and analysis of the impact of the explosive Ordnances
on different segments and sectors of the national economy, have been attempted. Such
an impact on each sector of the Iraqi national economy has been derived from the
collected statistical data from the min sources mentioned in the section above.

Table.3 below has indicted the percentage impact of the total national impact of the
explosive ordnance in Iraq, on each of the affected sectors and segments of the
economy. The table, also, has shown the sectoral ranking vis-à-vis the depth of the
impact on the sector relative to the total national impact, with 1 being the worst and
18 being the least impacted sector.

The analyzed data has illustrated beyond doubt that Iraq has been hit hard by the
implanted land and other mines, resulting from a number of wars, conflicts, and
terrorism activities in the past. The socio-economic impact of these implanted explosive
ordnances is quite apparent and persisting, despite existing concerted efforts by national
and international related organizations to alleviate such a negative national impact.

The table above shows the direct sectoral impact as a percentage of the total national
existing impact of the explosive ordnance in Iraq. These percentages may potentially
increase when the indirect impact of each sector, is taken into consideration. Such an
indirect effect would reflect the causal-chain impact of the affected sector’s
activities on the other users and suppliers’ sectors and activities of the impacted
sector, i.e. the user and supply-chains impact within the national economy as well as
with the rest of the world (ROW).

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