Autor: Ranajoy Ray Chaudhuri Acknowledgments This book would not have been possible without the support of many. I owe a significant debt to Paul Evans for fostering my interest in banking, central banks and monetary policy. Conversations with Jason Seligman at The Ohio State University and Joseph Kaboski at the University of Notre Dame were instrumental in shaping the bo
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Baghdad, Iraq, 5 July 2022 – Iraq’s Ministry of Planning, the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a national Labour Force Survey , the first of its kind to be conducted in Iraq in the last decade. The survey presents estimates at the national, governorate, urban and rural levels and covers a broad array
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The Iraqi News Agency (INA) opens (6) files with the Minister of Finance, including converting contracters and lecturers into employees and the 2022 budget Minister of Finance Ali Allawi revealed, today, Monday, that the total amount of the Food Security Law is subject to amendment, and while he settled the controversy over the file of the lecturers and their fate with turni
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The emphasis on investment as a basic and strategic component of a country's economic and social development should perhaps not be overdone. It is not, of course, the only component, for there are other strategic factors, such as entrepreneurial ability, the required skills and know-how, the efficient utilization of resources, political and social stability, and other elements
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Introduction The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) stepped into 2022 with not enough cash to pay the December salaries of civil servants and pensioners; delayed to January 2022. Now, at mid-March, civil servants are going on strike and taking to the streets of Sulaymaniah to demand their February salaries. The evidence on the ground shows that the government developed a c
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