What Could Iraqis Gain from Their Oil Windfall?
After a full year of political stalemate and fierce power struggles, Iraq’s ruling elite have finally managed to form…
Keep readingPublic Finance Management as a Driver of Instability in KRG
Introduction The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) stepped into 2022 with not enough cash to pay the December salaries of…
Keep readingIraq and World Bank; New Partnership to Improve Public Sector Governance, Increase Private Sector Participation, and Rebuild Human Capital
Washington DC, August 05, 2021—The World Bank Group has renewed its commitment to the continued support of Iraq, approving…
Keep readingCorruption Worse Than ISIS: Causes and Cures for Iraqi Corruption
“Corruption benefits the few at the expense of the many; it delays and distorts economic development, pre-empts basic rights…
Keep readingIraq’s 2021 Elections: voter disengagement imperil democracy?
Iraq’s 2021 Parliamentary elections are scheduled for October. Despite the elections drawing near, there is little enthusiasm among the…
Keep readingThe social, security and economic implications of Iraq’s currency devaluation
Interview with Prof Frank R. Gunter : Q1: As an economist who is familiar with Iraq, what is your view…
Keep readingCollateral Damages of Iraq’s Currency Devaluation
Iraq’s Central Bank (CBI) depreciated the Iraqi Dinar (IQD) by nearly 18 per cent from IQD1,180 to IQD1,450 against…
Keep readingPrivate Sector Development: Iraq’s Long-lost Solution
Six years passed since the Iraqi government launched its Private Sector Development Strategy 2014-2030, aiming to reform regulatory frames and…
Keep readingThe Challenges and Opportunities Within Iraq’s Informal Economy
Policy discussions associated with Iraq’s 2021 budget bill so far ignored the challenges facing the country’s informal economy. The…
Keep readingThe Iraq’s Budget Bill Misses Some Expected Solutions
The Iraq’s 2021 budget draft was submitted to the Parliament amid a nationwide outcry and anger. The budget bill…
Keep readingThis is How Iraqi Youth Use Social Media Sites: Findings of A survey
This report is based on a survey conducted in late 2019 in 20 secondary schools in Sulaymaniah City, Kurdistan…
Keep readingThe Iraq’s White Paper
This white paper contains the final report of the Emergency Cell for Financial Reform, which was formed pursuant to…
Keep readingIraq’s Investment Deficit and Underfunded Infrastructure
In his recent article “Iraq’s Government Investments: Between Ambitions and Stumbling,” Dr. Mudhr Mohammed Salih, former Deputy Governor of the Iraqi…
Keep readingIraq’s Market and Protectionist Strategy
Chronic conflicts and wrong economic policies have pushed most of Iraq’s industries and producers out of business. They faced…
Keep readingIraq’s 4G Internet Service Might Be Hindered by A Political Controversy
Last month, Iraqi government renewed licenses of the three major telecom operators (AsiaCell, Zain Iraq and Korek) for 5 more…
Keep readingUpgrading Iraq’s Digital Infrastructure to Lay Foundations for Sustainable Economic Growth
For Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the COVID-19 pandemic could not have come at a worse…
Keep readingKurdistan’s Food-Security Challenges
The Covid-19 containment measures and restrictions showed the food security weakness of Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and Iraq,…
Keep readingIraqis’ Dream of Democracy Turned into a Nightmare
The Iraq’s ruling elite has managed to survive the recent popular protests in the Shiite majority cities, towns, and…
Keep readingThe COVID-19 Crises Go beyond Iraq’s Economic and Health Sectors
The spread of coronavirus, Covid-19, globally means more populations in lock downs while slowing major economic activities, but for Iraq, it…
Keep readingBeyond Its Health Threats, What Coronavirus Brings to Iraq?
The threat of coronavirus, known as COVID 19, is knocking at the gates of Iraq, and until now, 26…
Keep readingThe US-Iran Tension Came to Outshine the Iraq’s Peaceful Revolution
The peaceful revolution of the Iraqi protesters to terminate an era of state dysfunctionality and endemic corruption is about…
Keep readingThe Hidden War on the KRG’s Streets
The human casualties and economic cost of the traffic accidents have surpassed the KRG’s war with the so called…
Keep readingProtest Dynamics and The Destiny of the New Iraq
PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation opened the door for several possibilities that might descend the country into prolonged unrests, or…
Keep readingForeign Labor Pressures the Already Exhausted Kurdistan’s Economy
Since 2014, around 80 thousand foreign workers have entered Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The region’s poor labor regulations…
Keep readingAirstrikes Strengthen Iranian Backed PMU Groups to Weaken Iraqi Government
On September 14, 2019, Iraq’s Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Brigadier Tahseen al-Khafaji, issued a public announcement to state that…
Keep readingA Mathematical Calculation Raised Concerns Over Iraq’s Electoral Democracy
On July 22, 2019, the Iraqi Parliament ratified the First Amendment for the 2018 Provincial Election Law, Article (12).…
Keep readingWildfire Cost Iraqi Farmers $542 Million
Increased rainfall and the wettest winter in decades, made Iraqi farmers wait for great harvest this year, but the…
Keep readingKRG’s Challenges to Return to Its Pre-Crisis Investment Level
Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) was the most affected part of Iraq by the recent financial crisis, caused by…
Keep readingIn Iraq, Corruption and Terrorism Feed Each Other
In his last released video message, leader of the so called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi appeared…
Keep readingNajmadin Karim’s View About Kirkuk’s Long and Challenging Road
The city of Kirkuk was safe from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) contagious expansion in 2014; however,…
Keep readingThe Gloomy Future of Iraq’s Agriculture Sector
After years of drought, unexpected heavy raining damaged agricultural products in almost all provinces of Iraq. Just in Maysan, 75…
Keep readingThe Secret Behind Baghdad-Erbil Calm Relation IS $14 Billion Debt
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has not abided by submitting the daily oil quota (250,000 barrel per a day)…
Keep readingThis Is How ISIS Insurgents Survive Financially
In December 2017, the Iraqi Army declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); the US-backed…
Keep readingA Head of Summer-protests, Basra Is Still Waiting for Viable Solutions
Last Friday, the General Secretary of Threshold of The Holy Husseiniya, a Shiite religious institution, assigned a committee of 35 tribal…
Keep readingA Case Study: This Is How Private Businesses Decline in the Absence of a Marketing Strategy
What would happen when a private firm lacks an efficient marketing strategy? This case study is an investigation on…
Keep readingGovernor Election Pushed Nineveh Towards More Polarization
On May 13th 2019, after weeks of tensions between major political parties, the Nineveh Provincial Council elected Mansur Maried…
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