Iraq Economic Forum 2013 Beirut – Speaker and Panalists – Page 2

Iraq Oil Industry Reorganisation 2011-2020, By Jabbar Allibi*

*) Oil counsltant and former DG of South Oil Co. in Iraq Please dowonload the document as PDF file

Introduction 1.Oil sector tend to be relatively deficient in the spread effects associated with production and consumption linkages. 2.In examining linkages in the petroleum sector, the conclusion is that in an export orientated economy, financial linkages are by far the most important medium to induce other sector development. 3.The difference between production and consumptio

Download 1.0 Background In May 2006, following the initiation of Dr Maliki’s cabinet of national unity and the appointment of Dr Hussain Shehristani to the portfolio of the Ministry of Oil (MoO), I was approached with the task of drafting the Iraq petroleum law. Two associates Iraqi oil technocrats and I, who have then had a combined international oil industry expe

Speakers Adil Abdul Mahdi Senior Economist, former Minister of Finance, former Vice President of IraqTopic: State and Economy in Iraq Dr. Mahdi Al-Alaq Deputy Minister for Planning and DG for COSITTopic: Iraq’s development in light of the Millennium Development Goal Dr. Hassan Al-Janabi Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the UN Food and Agriculture

Executive Summary: In addition to the many challenges facing Iraq now, desertification is yet another formidable challenge that needs immediate attention. The seemingly unstoppable desert expansion is creeping up and taking over the fertile lands in Iraq in unprecedented speed! It is manifested in a dramatic shrinking of green cover and the losses of millions of trees and tens