International Debt for the Sake of Local Debt and The Economic Situation in Iraq
Hawre Latif Majeed
Department of accounting, Kurdistan Technical Institute, Qaiwan International University
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Received: September 29, 2022 Revised: October 27, 2022 Published: October 30, 2022
Abstract
This study objectively examines the influence of Iraq’s foreign debt on its economy. Periodic
secondary data were obtained (2004 -2021). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data
collected for the investigation. Multiple regression analyses were done to examine the data’s
causation effect link. It employed foreign debt as the dependent variable. In contrast, gross
domestic product, total government expenditures, and total government debt were the independent
variables, and gross international reserves were used as indices for the independent variable.
This study explains why economics in developing countries such as Iraq suffers in management
because the government depends on external debt to supply revenues for the total government
expenditures. At the same time, the international reserves of Iraq are insignificant in explaining
economic growth. The study recommends, amongst other things, that good change in the use of
foreign loans on investment expenditure will be stimulated to stimulate the Iraqi economy. The
results indicate that external debt significantly negatively affects the gross domestic product.
Keywords: External Debt, Gross Domestic Product, Government Expenders, Gross
International, Economic Growth, Iraq Economic.
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Majeed, H. L. (2022). International Debt for the Sake of Local Debt and The Economic Situation in Iraq. Eurasian Journal of Management & Social Sciences, 3(3), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.23918/ejmss.V3i3p65
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