This report provides the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of Iraqi income and expenditure in several decades. The report makes extensive use of the Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey, the first nationwide income and expenditure survey since 1988. IHSES data is complemented income and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1. Overview -- Chapter 2: Initial Conditions for Pension Reform -- Chapter 3: Taking Stock of Pension Systems in the Middle East and North Africa -- Chapter 4: A...