The Devaluation of Iraqi Dinar: Political and Economic Implications

With the rollout of new controls developed by the US Federal Reserve in collaboration with the Central Bank of Iraq to combat currency smuggling, the dollar exchange rate continued to rise in the Iraqi market, pushing up the prices of food and other essential items. The Central Bank of Iraq has asserted that the rise in the dollar-to-dinar exchange rate is a pass

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Observations on Iraqi Resource Allocation. By Dr Jasmin Al-Ali *

The situation in Iraq is complex and confused in all aspects; institutional, political, economic and public administration.   The absence of accountability and chaotic economic management coupled with weak governance and dysfunctional organizational arrangements play a major part in the decline that the Iraqis experience today.   All these were, in part, t

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