Baghdad: Al Furat News. The economic advisor in the cabinet, Dr. Madhar Muhammad Salih, proposed a set of solutions aimed at confronting the fiscal deficit in the next year 2021 budget, which was initially estimated at approximately 35 trillion dinars, putting at the forefront of these proposals, financing the deficit gap through Improvement in oil revenues and positive deve
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The climate of Iraq is of the subtropical semi-dry type; however, the country was rich in water resources until a few decades ago. The climate change, the construction of many dams on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the neighboring countries, wasting water, and mismanagement caused water shortages. Now, there is a need to decrease consumption, good management of water resour
Read MoreUNDP* COVID-19’s impact on Social Cohesion in Iraq cannot be ignored in recovery efforts: New report
Baghdad– The impact of COVID-19 on social cohesion in Iraq represents yet another challenge faced by communities across the country and must be addressed to ensure Iraq’s full recovery from the pandemic, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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New World Bank report calls for urgent fiscal stimulus and economic reforms to help the poor and the most vulnerable in Iraq. Baghdad, November 11, 2020 – The twin shocks of COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse of oil prices have caused significant economic challenges and pushed millions of Iraqis into poverty, according to the new issue of the World Bank’s Iraq Economic Monit
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Overview Iraq's education sector has faced obstacles for decades due to multiple crises including prolonged conflict, protracted displacement, economic crisis, and subsequent social and political tensions. New crises emerged at the end of 2019 and beginning of this year, including: public discontent and waves of protests that started in October 2019, and the economic repercuss
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