As the people of the Kurdistan Region prepare to head to the polls on September 25, 2017, in a historical referendum on Kurdistan's independence, we compare the economies of Iraq with other nations and ask, “What economic structure would a sovereign Kurdistan take?"
Read MoreThis is not a political opinion, but an economic point of view. Some people in the Kurdistan Region oppose the proposed referendum for independence just because it's adopted by a certain party, while others argue that this isn't the right time for a serious step like that as the Region is suffering from severe economic crisis.
Read MoreKaufmann et al (1999) defined "governance as the traditions and institutions that determine how authority is exercised in a country." Based on available literature including thoughts of neo-institutional scholars including, Douglass North and MancurOlsan, a positive relationship between the quality of institutions, governance structures, and economic growth is found.
Read MorePart 1 – Monday June 25, Delegation tour at the Capitol Hill.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية بهيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان
لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Part 2- Monday June 25, AKEI Delegation visit to KRG office In Washington DC and meeting with KRG representative to United States Ms. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman and their staffs.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية به هيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان
لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Part 3- Monday June 25, AKEI Delegation tour in front of White House.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية به هيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان
لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Part 4 - Activity & Media.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية بهيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان
لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Monday June 25, Rudaw Report on the Delegation tour at the Capitol Hill.
راپورتي روداو له سه ر سه رداني شاندێکی هەرێمی کورستان لە واشنتنە؛ ئامانجیان سوودوەرگرتنە لە ئەزموونی ئابووری و بەڕێوەبردنی 240 ساڵەی ئەمریکا.
Part 5 - Main Conference-Tuesday, June 26, 2018
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية بهيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.ستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Part 6 - Opening remarks: June 26. (Activity & Media)
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
Reconstruction, Job Creation, and Stability in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Part 7 - Activity & Media
The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States, in coordination with American-Kurdish Economic Institute, AKEI, and Transatlantic Leadership Network.
Reconstruction, Job Creation, and Stability in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
2:00 PM
Library of Congress
Members Room
Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St SE
Washington, DC
Agenda
2:00-2:30
Opening Remarks
Dr. Sasha Toperich
Transatlantic Leadership Network
Dr. Mohammed Quraishi
Embassy of Iraq
Peter Shea
US Department of State
Tara Shwan
American-Kurdish Economic Institute
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
KRG Representative to the US
2:30-3:30
Panel Discussion
Immediate Challenges: Security, Reconstruction, Return of IDPs
Moderator:
Hardin Lang
Vice President for Programs and Policy, Refugees International
Luca Bandiera
Country Economist for Iraq, World Bank
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
KRG Representative to the US
Abdulmanaf M Mzuri
President, Abit Group
Stephen Lari
Principal, Claremont Group
3:30-3:45
Coffee break
3:45-4:45
Panel Discussion
Long-term challenges: Reform, Diversification, Job-Creation
Moderator:
David Tafuri
President, United States-Kurdistan Business Council
Tahir Abdullah
Deputy Governor of Erbil
Gavin Gray
Mission Chief for Iraq, International Monetary Fund
Aleksandra Zittle
Economic Section Chief, US Department of State Office of Iraq Affairs
Bilal Wahab
Wagner Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region's economies were hit hard by the rise of ISIS. The precipitous crash in oil prices, coupled with a costly war and extraordinary humanitarian crisis stressed government institutions and the private sector to the breaking point.
ISIS' so-called caliphate is finished, but the destruction they wrought remains. 1.4 million displaced Syrians and Iraqis remain in Kurdistan Region alone, unable to return to their destroyed homes.
What role can the private sector play in reconstructing destroyed villages and providing employment and livelihood? What can the KRG and government of Iraq do? And what is the future of international investment and business in the region?
Part 8 - Activity.
Wednesday, June 27,
Bethesda-Maryland.
Legal briefing on Investment and partnership opportunities.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية بهيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا. هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Part 9 - Activity.
Wednesday, June 27,
Prince George County Economic Development, Maryland.
Presentation on partnership and investment opportunities.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية بهيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
Part 10 - Activity.
Wednesday, June 27,
KRG office in Washington DC, reception for AKEI business Delegation.
American-Kurdish Economic Institute (AKEI)
Kurdistan Business Delegation to Washington, DC
June 25 - June 27, 2018
The goal of this Delegation was to facilitate business between Kurdistan and the US. Events were designed to familiarize delegates with how to do business in the US and to facilitate networking opportunities to build partnerships and investment between US and Kurdish companies. The Kurdistan Business Delegation included trading firms, real estate developers, and construction companies. The Delegation also featured the Deputy Governor of Erbil, the head of Erbil International trade fair, and the official media sponsor was Rudaw Media Network, who were providing coverage of the events.
ئينستتيوتي ئابورى ئةمةريكى_كوردى( AKEI) وةفدى بازرگاني كوردستان بؤ واشنتنى پايته ختي ئةمةريكا,لة 25ى حوزةيران تا 27ى حوزةيرانى 2018.
ئامانجى ئةم وةفدةية بهيزكردني پيوه نديه ئابوري و بازرگاني لةنيَوان حكومةتى هةريَمى كوردستان و ئةمةريكا.
هةموو بةرنامةكان نةخشةسازيان بؤ كراوة بؤ ئاشناكردنى نويَنةرةكان و بؤ ئاسانكارى دةرفةت ريَكخستن و بؤ بنيادنانى شةراكةت و وةبةرهيَنان لةنيَوان ئةمةريكاو كؤمپانياكوردى دا.
