The private sector development specialist recommends reforms for Iraq to open its markets to foreign and Iraqi private investment.
Q&A: The World Bank’s Stephen Rimmer
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Pipeline blast in southern Iraq fixed, oil flow rerouted …
*But danger looms as workers can’t get to work *Those at stations since Tuesday running out of supplies, food and sleep *Basra violence threatens oil investment *Recap of violence from Basra to Baghdad *Port workers say military aims is to privatize *Humanitarian aid desperately needed but unable to reach Basra *KRG posts electricity tenders Iraq […]
Q&A: Former Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Top Maliki confidante gives his candid take on Iraq's political landscape, oil disputes and security crisis as national elections loom.
Analysis: The future of Iraq’s political economy
Bureaucratic hostility toward private business is sustaining a culture of corruption that threatens the country's economic growth and political stability.
Ongoing fighting in Iraq’s Anbar hits businesses
Fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province, now in its fifth month, appears to have bogged down, with government forces unable to drive out Islamic militants who took over one of the area's main cities. But the impact is being felt much further, with the repercussions rippling through the country's economy to hit consumers and businesses. […]
Q&A: Rabun Marouf of the New Generation party
The head of New Generation's Erbil office discusses the creation of a new party to challenge Kurdistan's political duopoly.
Q&A: Jassim Abdul Aziz al-Falahi, Minister of Environment
Iraq's envoy to the COP26 climate summit discusses the effects of global warming and the country's position on international action.
Iraqi, Turkish women workers unite
Iraqi workers cross border to Istanbul for meetings coinciding with International Women's Day; focus on healthcare and workers' rights and the gender gap in the work place.
Iraq seeks to promote tourism despite deadly violence
As it trundles down busy roads, the minibus packed with tourists would be unremarkable except for two things—its passengers are Westerners and the city they are in is Baghdad. Iraq is no stranger to tourism, with countless pilgrims visiting its religious shrines, but now the country that touts itself as the "cradle of civilization" also […]
Q&A: Bafel Talabani, President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
The PUK leader discusses deteriorating political rivalries within Kurdistan and their impact on both gas development and impending negotiations with Baghdad over oil rights.
Economic reforms hampered by political divides
Iraq’s “white paper” laid out an internationally acclaimed roadmap for economic reform. But the problems are so pervasive — and political will to tackle them so weak — that progress has been slow.
Interview: Labor issues in the Iraqi economy
The International Labor Organization's chief technical adviser in Iraq discusses the country's struggles to bring its labor conditions up to a standard that can support the economy's booming growth.
Government scrambles for solutions as Iraq faces financial free fall
Confronting low oil prices and a pandemic, Iraq will likely be forced to draw heavily from its foreign currency reserves while slashing oil and investment spending.
Q&A: Finance Minister Ali Allawi
Allawi discusses ending Kurdistan budget transfers, new expenditures under a stop-gap spending law, power payments to Iran, and implementing a Chinese financing deal.
Iraq financial crisis prompts emergency action
Years of unrestrained spending and economic mismanagement have come to a head as oil prices drop and security costs soar, triggering risky fiscal maneuvers and IOC worries.
Delays threaten Iraq’s solar ambitions
Norway's Scatec has pulled out of what was once touted as a trailblazing solar project, highlighting the Sudani administration's challenges in reviving momentum on renewable power.
Searching for solutions in Iraq
These days, it’s difficult to come by meaningful solutions for Iraq’s instability. At one point, the U.S. and international community at large were decisively engaged in securing Iraq’s future, but conflagrating instability throughout the Middle East seems to have befuddled the very allies who are inextricably linked not only to Iraq’s past, but also to […]
Q&A: Central Bank Governor Ali al-Allaq
After helping Iraq survive years of financial crisis, the Central Bank is focusing efforts on encouraging lending and economic growth.
Foreign investors recoil as Iraq restricts company ownership
Iraq has begun enforcing legislation that prevents foreigners from owning a majority stake in any Iraqi company, casting new uncertainty on an already difficult investment climate.
Mosul businesses start reconstruction without waiting for final IS defeat
Some businessmen in Mosul have begun rebuilding their shattered premises without waiting for financial support from the cash-strapped Iraqi government or for the final defeat of Islamic State in the city. "If we wait for support, it could take a long time," said Rafeh Ghanem, who owns an automotive spare-parts business in the eastern side […]
Q&A: Zuhair al-Araji, mayor of Mosul
To recover from a devastating war, Iraq’s second-largest city needs a massive mobilization of resources and coherent planning and organization – but it’s getting neither.
Dust storms highlight Iraqi leadership failures as climate crisis worsens
Iraq's most vulnerable citizens are the hardest hit by dust storms, which are growing in frequency and intensity due to both global climate change and government inaction.
Q&A: Qassem al-Araji, Iraq’s National Security Advisor
Iraq's top national security official discusses efforts to navigate U.S.-Iran tensions and reframe security cooperation with members of the counter-IS coalition.
Iraq Parliament “takes on” KRG deals … Virtual Iraq Oil Contracts … No Civilians in Iraq … New Report: Iraq’s Refugee Crisis
The KRG oil deals controversy is being raised in Parliament, the Associated Press reports. There is likely little to be done outside of a back room settlement to the dispute. And that’s very unlikely. The Kurdistan Alliance is a necessary component of the current coalition government that is holding on by a thread. The KA […]