تحليل بعض الجوانب المعيشية في إقليم كوردستان في ظل جائحة كورونا : دراسة تطبيقية لعينة من العوائل في محافظة أربيل لعام 2020

الملخص EN

The study aims to show the high percentage of prices of consumer groups, and the impact of the delay in employee salaries for their due date on the standard of living of families with limited incomes in the Kurdistan Region.

While the problem of the study lies in the low standard of living of the population due to the almost complete cessation of economic activities in light of the Corona pandemic, in addition, the study confirms, through its most important hypotheses, that the explosive increase of people infected with the Corona pandemic will negatively affect the standard of living of the population of the region, in addition to the high prices The necessary goods will have a negative impact on the standard of living of the population.

The researcher used the inductive approach using social media.

The study reached a set of results and proposals, the most important of which are: 1.

We conclude that (77.5% ) of the heads of families who work in the private sector in the Kurdistan Region, their daily losses range between (1-75) thousand dinars per day due to this pandemic.2.

The study concluded that the rate of increase in consumer prices in the region is between (5% - 10% ).3.

We conclude that more than (230) thousand families need assistance in light of this pandemic.

The study concluded by presenting a number of suggestions, including: 1.

The establishment of an emergency fund by the Kurdistan Regional Council to confront natural disasters and the spread of epidemics.2.

The regional government should strengthen political, economic and health relations with the federal government in Baghdad to achieve economic and health security for the population of the region.3.

The regional government must compensate self-employed people by exempting them from taxes for a period of three months for the year 2020.