Resource Management Performance: A Sectoral Analysis in the Post-Conflict Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Goran M. Muhamad is an experienced economist who has a series of qualifications in economics, including an M.Sc. from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Ph.D. from the University of Kurdistan Hewler. He has an in-depth knowledge of economic discipline contributing to teaching and scholarship activities. He has worked in various sectors, such as academia, consultancy, and management recognised for his positivity, highly organized, detail-oriented and collaborative. His research areas include Development Economics, Natural Resources Economics, Environmental Economics, Private Sector Development and post-conflict affected countries. His strength lies in the development of interdisciplinary empirical approaches for analysing issues where economic variables interact or intersect with non-economic variables of political, governance institutions, and agri-environmental resources. His research is internationally recognized and published in excellent peer-reviewed international journals and books.Nabaz T. Khayyat is an engineering economist with an MSc and a PhD in IT Engineering from Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea), and a second PhD in Economics from Swiss Management University (Zurich, Switzerland). He works as a country director of AWA Organization for Sustainable Development in Iraq. He was Vice President for Academic Affairs, at Knowledge University, and the Head of the Economics and Finance Department at the University of Kurdistan Hewler. He has also worked in the Faculty of Business at the University of Liverpool in the UK. Dr. Nabaz has published numerous books and articles in international journals. He also supervised numerous students in their master’s and Ph.D. studies at the University of Liverpool and the University of Kurdistan Hewler.

• Part I: Introduction to the Book.- 1. Integrated Approaches for Strategic Development: Perspectives on Resources, Strategies, Infrastructure, and Agriculture.- Part II: Resources Management and Development.- 2. Political Economy of State Formation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Challenges and Opportunities!.- 3. Charting the Course: Geopolitical Dynamics and Market Realities in the Iraqi Kurdistan Energy Sector.- 4. The Interplay Between Resource Wealth and Tax Revenue: Implications for Fiscal Policy and Institutional Development in the Kurdistan Region.- 5. The Impact of Resource Management on the Growth of Multi-National Corporations in The Kurdistan Region of Iraq.- 6. How the UN Mission Affects the Socio-Economic Performance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?.- Part III: Resources-Based Strategies for Development: Business Organizations, Technology, and Social Media.- 7. Assessment of Business Membership Organizations in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Analysis with Recommendations for Action.- 8. The impact of leadership styles on employee motivation and commitment in public and private sectors in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.- 9. Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Human Resource Management Performance.- 10. How Social Media Affect the Vacation Travel Planning?.- Part IV: Infrastructure and Agricultural Development.- 11. Investigating the Impact of Risk Factors on Cost Estimate Inaccuracy Caused by Project Cost Overrun in the Kurdistan Region’s Public Sector Construction Projects.- 12. What Determines a Household Electricity Consumption?.- 13. The Role of Agricultural Production on the Economy of the Kurdistan Region.- 14. Agriculture Employment and Economic Growth in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.- Part V: Summary, Conclusion and Policy Implications.- 15. Integrating Resources-Based Strategies for Sustainable Growth.