Economic Sciences

The research aims to analyze human development indicators to determine the level of poverty reduction in the quality of physical and social life of individuals in Iraq for the period (2007-2019) in respect of quality and fairness in distribution and sustainability without harm in subsequent generations in light of the abundance of oil revenues. The research method has based on the descriptive analysis by using data from the Ministry of Planning and some data from international organizations. Therefore , the important results of the analysis are: (1) insufficient government spending to meet health and educational services, which made it difficult for the poor to obtain them with quality compared to the rich people,(2) the low quality of educational outputs due to the low level of productive skills that learners acquire upon enrollment in the ranks of the workforce,(3) the decline in real per capita consumer spending with an increase in the disparity between individuals’ spending, (4) the government’s failure to address income poverty by creating job opportunities and alleviating poverty as a result of increasing dependence on the oil extraction sector to generate GDP, (5) squandering abundant oil revenues for several external and internal reasons, including Increasing the level of administrative and financial corruption in government institutions and then increasing the differences between the poor and the rich people. Finally, the research has reached to several suggestions that should be part of a clear strategy for the advancement of the Iraqi economy because of the integration of human development with economic development