Acknowledgments The Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook (REO) Update is prepared each spring by the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD). The analysis and projections contained in the MCD REO are integral elements of the department’s surveillance of economic developments and policies in member countries. It draws primarily on information gat
Read MoreThe Gulf War ranks in terms of scale of destruction and its consequent economic impact as one of the most devastating conflicts of modern times. Both Iran and Iraq are now confronted with the need to reconstruct shattered economies. What is clear, however, is that a return to the pre-war economic situation is not a realistic option. The cost of the conflict to Iraq means that i
Read MoreAlnasrawi, Abbas. Iraq’s Burden: Oil, Sanctions, and Underdevelopment. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. 180 pp. (cloth). Download PDF Akram.AlnasrawiBook
Read MoreDepartment of Economics University of Vermont Burlington , VT . 05405 Prepared for UNU/WIDER Project on The Political Economy of Humanitarian Emergencies. First Project Meeting , 6 -8 October 1996. Most of the discourse on Iraq since the formal ending of the Gulf War in February 27, 1991 tended to focus on the economic embargo which the United Nations Security Counc
Read MoreThird World Quarterly Iraq: Economic Consequences of the 1991 Gulf War and Future Outlook Author(s): Abbas Alnasrawi Source: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 2 (1992), pp. 335-352 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3992780 Accessed: 22-05-2015 09:39 UTC On 2 August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. This was
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