Publication: Navigating through Fragility: Procurement Solutions for Iraqi Education
Date
2015-06
ISSN
Published
2015-06
Author(s)
Mosler, Elisa
Ali, Nazaneen Ismail
Lipson, Rachel
Abstract
While the Iraqi education system was
widely regarded as one of the best in the Middle East and
enjoyed near-universal primary enrollment until the 1980s,
the next decade marked a serious downturn in results. The
sector witnessed low primary and secondary enrollment and
attendance, outdated curriculum content, and deteriorating
learning outcomes. In order to get children back to school,
the government needed large, fast, and quality investments
in the education system. 100 million dollars was allocated
to the education sector under the World Bank Iraq Trust
(ITF), set up jointly by the World Bank Group (WBG) and the
United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to administer donor
funding for Iraqi reconstruction. This quick note summarizes
how innovative approaches to procurement led to exemplary
service delivery results in Iraq’s education sector. The
focus is on two breakthrough achievements: large-scale
textbook printing and delivery, under the emergency textbook
provision project and school construction in the newly
rehabilitated marshlands of Southern Iraq under the
marshlands school construction project.
Citation
“Mosler, Elisa; Ali, Nazaneen Ismail; Lipson, Rachel. 2015. Navigating through Fragility: Procurement Solutions for Iraqi Education. MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series,issue no. 146;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23495 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”