Abstract
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to identify the orientations of the six development plans' strategies implemented in Iraq from 1951 to 1980 by using two different approaches. The allocation approach classifies each strategy according to the amount of investment appropriated to specific economic sectors. In the structural change approach, an econometric model reflecting the essential structural variables is used, along with three indices, to distinguish differing development strategies. Both methods, due to economic and non-economic reasons, give similar and dissimilar results concerning the orientation of development strategies. The author concludes that if the causes of underdevelopment—the structure of the economy and the dependence on oil revenues—are not addressed, the backwardness of the economy will be maintained.
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