The Iraqi civil registration system and the test of political upheaval

Authors

  • Sulaiman Bah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25336/P61022

Keywords:

Iraq, civil registration system, war

Abstract

An in-depth situation analysis was carried out on the Iraqi civil registration system in 2011, years after the end of the military operation of 2003. The study was done using a combination of methods, including interviews with key role players in the Iraqi civil registration system, observation, study of documents, triangulation, and gap analysis. The study found the civil registration system in Iraq to be largely intact and functional, in spite of the wars experienced in Iraq over the past three decades. Given that civil registration systems generally get destroyed through wars, the paper discusses the reasons for the resilience in the Iraqi civil registration system and draws lessons from them.

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Published

2014-04-22