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Iraq’s brain drain continues. By Wassim Bassem

Youths in Iraq dream of leaving the country. The successive wars since 1980 and in particular the violence that has been part of daily life in Iraq since 2003 have caused waves of emigration over the years. Iraqis have lived through many conflicts over the last few decades: the IranIraq war of 198088, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the subsequent embargo and war, fo

By: Dr. Hashim Al-Ali, Senior Macroeconomic Planning and Fiscal Management Advisor Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. Orouba Sabbagh (Ms.) Senior Economist and Research Coordinator Amman, JORDAN. Abstract The main objective of this paper is to share our own practical experience in structuring and in application of the input-output tables for an upper-middle income developing e

Abstract: Despite the tremendous increase in oil revenue and Military Expenditures in the Gulf region after the second and third oil prices revolutions (1980 and 2003), the relationship between them is not studied fully. This paper studies the effect of the oil revenue on the regional security measured by the Military Expenditure in that region. The analysis suggests that oil

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Carlo Sdralevich visited Amman from March 6–15 to conduct the 2015 Article IV Consultation discussions with the Iraqi authorities. At the conclusion of the visit, Mr. Sdralevich issued a statement. “The Iraqi authorities are taking proactive steps to address the double shock of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insur