Table of Contents
Part I
I. – Introduction / 1
II. – Agriculture / 4
Existing Conditions / 4
Expansion of Area under Cultivation: Irrigation / 7
The Rain-fed Zone / 12
Settlement of New Land / 13
Improvement in Productivity / 17
1. - Drainage / 17
2. - Tools and Draft Animals / 18
3. - Soil-building and Forage Crops: Fertilizers / 21
4. - Livestock Improvement / 22
5. - Research and Education: Incentives / 23
Tobacco and the Tobacco Monopoly / 25
The Introduction of Sugar / 28
Production Credit and Marketing / 29
Forestry / 32
Establishment of a Ministry of Agriculture / 32
III. - Industry / 33
Petroleum and Refining / 34
Expansion of Old Industries / 35
Establishment of New Industries / 36
Financing of Industrial Development / 38
Dangers of Excessive Protection / 40
Government Organization for Industry / 41
Labor and Vocational Education / 41
IV. - Transport and Communications / 43
The Port / 44
The Railways / 44
Air Transport and Inland Navigation / 46
Roads and Road Transport / 47
Communications / 48
V. - Public Health / 49
Prevention of Disease / 50
Curative Services / 52
Organization of Public Health Administration / 54
VI. - Community Planning and Facilities / 55
Need for Community Planning / 56
Housing Developments / 57
Establishment of a Housing Authority / 57
Self-help in Housing / 59
Water and Electricity Supply / 60
VII. - Education / 62
Technical Schooling / 63
Introduction of Compulsory Primary Education / 63
Revisions of the School Curriculum / 65
Intermediate and Secondary Education / 68
Adult Education / 68
Administration / 70
Training Abroad / 71
VIII. - Problems of Execution / 72
Financing the Program / 74
Obstacles to Development / 76
Improvements in Public Administration / 77
Technical Assistance / 80
Skilled Labor / 83
Foreign Supplies / 84
The Problem of Priorities / 85
IX. - Impact of the Program / 87
Effect on Incomes and Prices / 90
Tax Reform / 95
X. - Conclusion / 96
Appendices
List of the Mission’s Recommendations / 103
Suggestions for Technical Assistance / 112
Statistical Organization / 114
Part II
Annex
A. – Basic Factors and Conditions / 123
I. - The Regions / 123
II. - The People / 126
III. - The Standard of Living / 131
IV. - Natural Resources / 136
V. – Production / 145
VI. – Transport / 151
VII. - Money and Banking / 152
VIII. - Domestic and Foreign Trade and the Balance of Payments / 155
IX. - Government and the Economy / 168
B. - Flood Control, Irrigation and Drainage / 183
I. - Water Storage / 183
II. - Irrigation Works / 193
III. - Drainage / 203
IV. - Operation and Maintenance / 206
V. - Costs of the Program / 211
C. - Agriculture and Animal Husbandry / 217
I. - Introduction / 217
II. - Diversification of Production / 219
III. - Observations on Existing Crops / 222
IV. - Improved Methods of Cultivation / 233
V. - Control of Pests and Diseases / 239
VI. - Improvement in Livestock and Livestock Products / 243
VII. - Education and Research / 251
VIII. - Use of Incentives / 258
IX. - Agricultural Credit / 259
X. - Cooperatives / 261
XI. - Storage Facilities and Credit / 263
XII. - Forestry / 266
XIII. - Settlement of New Land / 267
XIV. - Establishment of a Ministry of Agriculture and Land Use / 272
D. - Industry / 277
I. - Iraq’s Potential for Industrial Development / 277
II. - Possibilities for Industrial Development / 279
III. - State Assistance to Industry / 294
IV. - Other Suggestions for the Improvement of Industry / 299
E. - Transport and Communications / 305
I. - Ports / 307
II. - Maritime Shipping / 312
III. - Inland Water Transport / 312
IV. - Railways / 314
V. - Roads / 327
VI. - Airports / 334
VII. - Air Transport / 335
VIII. - Post, Telegraph, Telephone, Radio Communications / 337
IX. - Pipelines / 340
X. - Surveys / 340
XI. - General Observations / 341
XII. - Projected Cost of Proposed Programs / 342
Appendices
Additional Railway Projects / 344
Notes on Conversion from Meter to Standard Gauge / 346
F. - Public Health / 351
I. - Introduction / 351
II. - The Curative Services / 355
III. - The Preventive Services / 362
IV. - Endemic Disease Prevention / 369
V. - Organization of Health Services / 374
G. - Education / 385
I. - Introduction / 385
II. - Introduction of Compulsory Primary Education / 387
III. - Provision of Fundamental Education for Adults / 405
IV. - Agricultural and Technical Education / 417
V. - Administration / 421
VI. - Conclusion / 423
H. - Community Planning and Community Facilities / 427
I. - Introduction / 427
II. - Rural Communities / 431
III. - Urban Communities / 440
IV. - Housing / 451
V. - Public Utilities / 457
List of Tables
Estimated Outlay of Development Program / 73
Nonagricultural Labor Force / 129
Cultivable Land, Cropped Land and Land in Agricultural Use / 137
Land Classified According, to Types of Tenure by Cadastral Survey / 140
Distribution of Private Landholdings According to
Cadastral Survey / 142
Estimated Area and Production of Principal Crops / 146
Estimate of Livestock Population 1949-50 / 147
Estimated Industrial Employment / 149
Production of Petroleum and Refined Products / 151
Import Licenses: 1951 / 155
Imports into Iraq (by value) / 156
Imports (excluding oil company imports for their own use) / 157
Imports of Textiles, Sugar and Tea (by quantity) / 157
Official Exchange Transactions—1949 and 1950 / 159
Principal Exports / 166
Merchandise Trade / 168
Budgets of the Government and Principal Government Enterprises / 171
Government Debt / 172
Some Government Outlays by Type / 172
Composition of Government Receipts / 175
Land Classified According to Types of Tenure by Cadastral Survey up to February 8, 1951—
Cultivable Land / 177
Land Classified According to Types of Tenure by Cadastral Survey up to February 8, 1951
Uncultivable Land / 178
Land Classified According to Types of Tenure by Cadastral Survey up to February 8, 1951—Total,
Cultivable and Uncultivable Land / 179
Monthly Statements of the National Bank of Iraq / 180
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities of Five Commercial Banks / 181
Expenditures Projected by the Development Board / 182
Area Within Irrigation Systems / 194
Mean Monthly Discharges of the Euphrates and the Tigris / 212
Number and Horsepower of Irrigation Pumps as of March 1, 1950 / 213
Salinity of the Euphrates and the Tigris / 214
Expenditures of the Directorate General of Irrigation / 215
Estimated Cost of the Program (Irrigation, etc.) / 216
Licensing and Purchasing Operations of the Tobacco Monopoly / 228
Cash and Accounting Returns of the Tobacco Monopoly / 230
Agricultural Machinery Administration Budget for 1950 (actual results) / 275
Agricultural Machinery Administration Budget for 1951 (estimates) / 276
Operations of the Port of Basra / 308
Port of Basra Budget / 309
Fao Bar Dredging Scheme Budget / 310
Traffic on State Railways / 315
Railway Finance / 316
Registered Motor Vehicles / 330
Budget Summary for 1951-52 / 333
Airways Traffic / 336
Airways Budget / 336
Financial Accounts of PTT / 339
Cost of Transport and Communications Programs / 342
Hospitals, Hospital Beds, Dispensaries and Doctors / 377
Number of Visits to Health Institutions for Treatment / 377
Classification of Hospitals in 1949 / 378
The Chief Infectious Diseases Treated at all Health Institutions / 379
Cases of Eye Diseases / 380
Treatments for Malaria as Percentage of Total Treatments at Health Institutions (By Provinces) / 380
Treatments for Malaria as Percentage of Total Treatments at Health Institutions (By Years) / 381
Incidence of Schistosomiasis / 382
Cases of Schistosomiasis Treated / 382
Forms of Tuberculosis Treated at all Institutions / 383
Projected Number and Recurring Costs of Centers of Fundamental Education / 416
Projected Student Enrollment Under the Compulsory
Primary Education Program: 1956-1968 / 425
Projected Student Enrollment in Teachers’ Training Colleges: 1953-1957 / 426
Note: Totals in tables do not necessarily add up because of rounding.
Maps
I Political Divisions / frontispiece
II. - Irrigation / after page 8
III. - Transport System / after page 44
Figures
Hydrographs of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers / 185
Revised Layout Baghdad Railways & Roads in New Town Plan / after page 342
Baghdad New Development—Simplified Stage I / after page 342
Dujaila Land Settlement Scheme / 438-9 | 
