Abstract
This paper was prepared for a presentation at a national symposium titled “Iraq 2050: Economically Productive and Socially Protected”, organized jointly by the Ministry of Planning, the ILO, ‘Al Malooma’ – Information Centre for Research and Development, and funded by the European Union, in Baghdad May 28, 2022.Moving forward, this paper presents areas that Iraq should focus on to unleash an economic growth path to achieve a vision of economically productive and socially inclusive nation by 2050.