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Q&A: Mohammed Shukri, chairman of the KRG Board of Investment

Iraqi Kurdistan's chief investment official talks about streamlining the bureaucracy and bringing new focus on industry and agriculture.
Mohammed Shukri, chairman of the KRG Board of Investment, at his office in Erbil in November 2019. (RAWAZ TAHIR/Iraq Oil Report)

ERBIL - The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Board of Investment is pressing forward with bureaucratic and legal changes to speed up and diversify the development of the autonomous region's economy.

Of particular interest is the agricultural sector, which has received less than 2 percent of investment funds despite the opportunities in Kurdistan's rolling hills and fertile plains.

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