Posts Tagged ‘Politics of Iraq’

Inside of the Baghdad Convention Center, where...

05/16/2013 12:09
The Iraqi government said it had agreed on the draft exemption Iraq and foreign companies implementing investment projects from taxes and fees to encourage the movement of investment in the country.

The Iraqi environment is attractive to investors and capital owners wary of entering the market, despite the availability of opportunities Iraqi result of tensions security and poor services as well as the bureaucracy. (more…)

Iraq and Kuwait agreement on the organization of navigation in front of the House of Representatives
Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:05

Put the House of Representatives, on Thursday, the draft law on ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and Kuwait on the organization of maritime navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah in front of his deputies in the first reading, amid expectations that the witness hearing a debate on the law with the continued boycott members of the rule of law for the session in protest not to include a bill criminalizing the Baath Party. (more…)

Iraqi funds between several options .. I represent the extension of protection
Al-Sabah – 05/08/2013 – 1:28 pm

With the approach of the end of the period

at the time is approaching when Iraq from the expiry date of the protection fund Iraqi funds DFI of the Government of the United States, called specialists government officials to reconsider this issue and choose the most appropriate solution to end this file from a range of options notably the transfer of the remaining money in the fund to Iraq and the central bank to assume responsibility for payment of debt creditors. (more…)

08/05/2013 14:47

Range Press / Baghdad
Praised the United Nations on Wednesday, the Iraqi government “to fix” the public sector and develop dramatically, and called for the granting authorities and independent judicial freedom for its role of oversight and accountability “, while confirming the need for coordination between the institutions of the state executive, legislative and judiciary to fight corruption.

The Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq Jacqueline بادكوك during the Forum Baghdad International to evaluate the anti-corruption strategy and asset recovery, which was held today in Baghdad and attended (Long Press), said that “accountability, transparency and anti-corruption are areas of great importance for Iraq and the region as well,” indicating that “these issues are having a positive impact on the delivery of services.” (more…)

05-05-2013 12:16 PM

Baghdad (News)/report/bahtik/… Seeking Iraqi Ministry of reconstruction and housing construction road lines and iron train railway linking the capital Baghdad to neighbouring capitals, with a view to promoting commercial exchanges between Iraq and surrounding countries.

The Iraqi Government approached the Governments of neighbouring States on the implementation of the trade corridor project, and expressed their readiness to implement the project, because the common interests of all States in the region. (more…)

Saturday, May 4, 2013 09:15

Member of the Committee appealed, on Saturday, to the Iraqi government and management of the Central Bank of the need to implement the project to delete the zeros and the current currency exchange described by Balkadima and removable fraud.

A member of the Committee MP Abdul-Hussein al-Yasiri in a statement to / Baghdadi news / that “Iraq needs a new clean and currency forgery of proof that ancient coins consumed after circulating for a long time during which he became easy to forgery and counterfeiting, as is happening now.” (more…)

04/21/2013 (23:01 pm)
Delete the zeros .. Vital project collides with the lack of economic stability

Agree most specialists regard the financial and banking on that to delete the three zeroes from the local currency is very important, but that perform this operation at the present time is a decision is correct may lead to negative results.

said an official at the Ministry of Finance Hilal Taan that “the deletion of zeros from currency at the present time will bring negative results, the proportion of economic conditions and financial unstable in the country. ” (more…)

Screen Shot 2012-09-23 at 9.42.59 AMEconomic Parliamentary: Delete the three zeroes from the currency will not see the light after the dismissal of Shabibi
WEDNESDAY, 17 APRIL / MAY 2013 16:50

ruled out the decision of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Mahma Khalil, Wednesday, that is to delete the three zeroes from the currency of Iraq over the next year, returned to the changes, which affected the CBI may prevent the process of restructuring the national currency, as well as having a previous request to the government to wait In the beginning the currency exchange procedures. (more…)

15/04/2013

BAGHDAD / JD / .. called for economic and investment commission in the House of Representatives to take advantage of the financial crisis faced by the major countries and enter into agreements at the level of import countries or companies that payment be processed on credit.

The report of the committee obtained by / JD / a copy of it that a large part of the development projects imported components in whole or in part from the outside world, adding that the formula used since the regime change in 2003 was the payment of credit 100% in advance. (more…)

Economic dinars Agency – 04/14/2013 – 11:04 AM

BAGHDAD / JD / .. UN statistics indicated that Iraq has absorbed $ 10 billion of official development assistance (ODA) during the period from 2007 2008.

The report said the indicators for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals evened the provinces and obtained by / JD / a copy of that total official development assistance (ODA) since 2003 to 2008 amounted to 10 billion dollars. (more…)

Central Bank to join the membership of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit
Published in: 3:45 pm, April 9, 2013 by jamal

BAGHDAD (Iba) … the Iraqi Central Bank announced the approval of the government on Iraq’s accession to membership of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit, pointing out that the decision will contribute to the increase of Iraqi exports and the inflow of foreign investments. (more…)

Minister of Planning looking restructure Iraqi government banks

on: Wednesday 03/04/2013 12:49 pm

Research and Planning Minister and Minister of Finance and agency Prof. Dr. Ali Yousef Shukri with a delegation from the World Bank restructuring Rafidain and Rasheed, His Excellency said in a joint news conference «We received a delegation from the World Bank and discussed with them the implementation of the program in Iraq. (more…)

Author: HAM
Editor: BK, NK 03/04/2013 17:30

The Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, on Wednesday, that Iraq is the only country in the Middle East and OPEC, which gets full membership in the Initiative Extractive Industries Transparency, while revealed quest completed monument 5000 meter at various stages of the oil industry by the end of 2013 the current, Initiative showed that there is a “strict conformity” between the companies and government data extraction on the amounts paid and received in 2010 the last of $ 52 billion. (more…)

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Baghdad (news) .. confirmed Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, said his country ended file border with Iraq and replaced what اعتراه of problematic latest compensation Iraqi farmers who were affected by maintenance of border markers between the two countries through the construction of approximately 200 residential units alternative to them in cooperation with Iraqi government.

said the morning, in a statement to the newspaper ‘Middle East’ of London, in its edition on Friday: The ‘Kuwait finished file border with Iraq and addressed file houses border on the Iraqi side and I look forward to visit Baghdad and wait for rescheduled by the brothers in Iraq’ . (more…)

Saturday, 30 March 2013 12:59 | | |

Baghdad (AIN) -German called the Iraqi government to explain the political situation in Iraq before discussing the mutual cooperation agreement between Iraq and the European Union in the next EU meeting.

Diplomatic source told All Iraq News Agency “The German Foreign Ministry called the Iraqi Ambassador to German to convey to the Iraqi officials, German’s concerns over three points which affected the discussions conducted in the recent EU meeting about activating the mutual cooperation agreement between Iraq and the EU, calling Iraq to resolve these points before the next meeting of the EU.” (more…)

Tuesday, 26 March 2013 16:02 | | |

Baghdad (AIN) -The Iraqi Government approved the law over reserving and confiscating the movable and immovable moneys belonging to the last regime. (more…)

The World Development Report 2011

Sihail, World Bank’s delegation discuss restructuring Iraqi banks, CBI
Sunday, 24 March 2013 16:40 | | |

Baghdad (AIN) -The First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Qusai al-Sihail, discussed with the delegation of the World Bank, the restructuring of the Iraqi banks and the Central Bank of Iraq. (more…)

Date: Sunday 03/24/2013 06:48 pm

Industrial sector suffers Iraqi neglect and severe deterioration Bbnah infrastructure as a result passed by the country’s conditions of war and terrorism since the eighties of the last century and to this day, where he called for a number of MPs and economists to pay attention to the industrial sector in terms of providing financial and logistical support to him, to become one joists task that feed into the national economy. (more…)

2013/03/23 15:16

International Monetary Fund said that funds preventive Development Fund for Iraq rose in 2012 to $ 18 billion, and pointed out that this increase came from the “oil revenues unexpected,” in calling the Iraqi government to end the control of banks owned by the State on the banking sector, He stressed the need for the Iraq strengthening public financial institutions to ensure efficiency and transparency in the use of oil revenues. (more…)

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BAGHDAD (Iba) warned the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon of the growing tensions in the western regions of Iraq, and urged the Iraqi government to exercise maximum restraint in dealing with peaceful demonstrations in those areas, and called for a prompt and transparent investigations

On allegations of human rights abuses against peaceful demonstrators.

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Published in: 11:07, March 21, 2013

BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Called a member of the Finance Committee MP Abdul-Hussein al-Yasiri, the federal government to conduct talks fast with the Egyptian side to resolve the debt owed by Iraq under the previous regime. (more…)

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KUWAIT, March 14 (KUNA) ­­ HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al­Mubarak Al­Hamad Al­Sabah said that the relationship between Kuwait and Iraq was “too strong to be affected by a number of individuals”, as he expressed hope the Iraqi government would be up to the task of protecting border posts between both countries. (more…)

Carousel_Spotlight_-_Kuwait-IraqjpgThe Cabinet called on the Iraqi Government to a serious commitment to the resolutions of the Security Council
12-03-2013 11:05 PM

The Cabinet, called on the Iraqi Government to shoulder its responsibilities to enable the United Nations to complete the maintenance of border markers and serious commitment to the resolutions of the Security Council.

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The World Development Report 2011

Posted on Monday, March 11 / March 2013 17:48
BAGHDAD / obelisk: World Bank called for the Iraqi government, on Monday, to redouble their efforts for the development of the banking sector and regulations in the financial trading of Iraq, as a prelude to mobilize all sectors of the economy and investment.

The expert said the oldest in the affairs of private sector development at the World Bank Stephen ريمير, who is visiting Iraq at the head of a delegation from the Bank experts, for “obelisk”, “The World Bank provided advice and assistance and advice to Iraqi banks and working on plans developed and are waiting to reach officials from that to real serious steps, “noting that” the World Bank touching a genuine desire on the Iraqi side to develop its accounting and banking systems”. (more…)

11/03/13 09: 27
Don’t imagine the Iraqis in 2003, even opponents of the current political system, to go 10 years without improved even slightly on the economic situation after at least $ 700 billion from oil revenues. They said that if the economy and infrastructure in worse shape than they were 10 years ago.

And the Iraqi economy suffers from a clear lag because of rampant corruption in all its facets by taxed by the State and hampered development plans and economic visions that would improve the country’s economy and make it among the economically advanced countries as observers of economic opinion. (more…)

Screen Shot 2013-03-09 at 10.29.13 AMCounting the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Martin Kobler development of the Iraqi private sector to achieve the common goal of economic growth for the Iraqi government and the United Nations, noting that growth is facing challenges as a result of the country’s dependence on the economy one.

The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations George Posten for Kobler as saying in the first conference of businessmen in Iraq, which was held under the auspices of the office of Mr. Hakim said on Saturday that “the role of the private sector is critical to the economy of Iraq as a partner working for the development of Iraq,” noting that “the UN has attached great interest in recent years in recognition of the key role that the private sector can tell him not to economic development and the increase in the productivity of the country, but also in securing a sustainable future in the future of Iraq. “

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Saturday, March 02, 2013 08:43 GMT

announced the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, Saturday, that Iraq would be a donor to other countries during the current year 2013, while confirming that the World Bank would be for Iraq after this year Bank of knowledge provides technical advice and expertise.

said Planning Minister Ali Shukri in an interview for ” Alsumaria News “,” The Iraqi government was one of the largest donors to the world before 1990, but the circumstances experienced by Iraq after this period became receives aid and grants from others. ” (more…)

Published on Tuesday, February 26 / February 2013 18:32

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Rose Nuri Shaways, Tuesday, to tighten up the diplomatic and protect Iraqi funds abroad, noting that the policies of the former regime led to financial disputes large with many international companies and non-reliable practiced manipulation of the litigation lawsuit against the government and demanded fictional amounts of unlawfully . (more…)

Sunday 24 February 2013

Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Ali Shukri said Iraq and the World Bank will sign during a period of close partnership agreement between the two sides, noting that the agreement will oblige Iraq determine the price of oil was in the budget. (more…)

Date: Sunday 24/02/2013 08:42 pm

Revealed the World Bank, Sunday, that the volume of spending of Iraqi budgets far less than the observed where money, and expressed his fear of the danger of adopting the Iraqi budget for oil fully and guesses prices high, as revealed the Ministry of Planning, the «subject» Iraq for many «blackmail» Finance after 2003, said the World Bank representative in Iraq Maria Helen in a joint conference with the Minister Alkhtit Iraqi Ali Shukri in the ministry building and attended (range Press), said that «the budget preparation on the price of a barrel of oil set at $ 90 without a maneuver could lead to a shock for Iraq», pointing out that «any drop in the global price of oil could lead to balancing the country to big problems. (more…)