IFC Regional Director Aftab Ahmed and Iraqi Prime Minister.jpg Baghdad, Iraq, September 03, 2023—IFC signed a flagship agreement today with the government of Iraq that will harness private sector capital and expertise to develop the country's main airport—opening the door for more private sector investment and establishing a competitive model for other critical infrastructur
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The 750-mile Development Road project is primarily devised for trade but could soon take passengers, claims the country's new prime minister Passengers in Baghdad prepare to board a train to Basra, the only passenger rail service currently operational in Iraq CREDIT: NYTNS It sounds like a scene plucked from the pages of an old romance novel: hop on a
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BAGHDAD — On a recent afternoon, bursts of drilling and the clamor of jackhammers cut sharply across Baghdad’s soundscape, piercing through the usual car horns and birdsong. Twenty years after an American-led invasion plunged Iraq into conflict, a real estate boom is changing the face of this historic capital city, as construction workers demolish old brick houses and clear
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Iraqi Planning Minister Salman al-Jumaili (L) and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pose for a picture at the UN secretary-general's office during the annual UN General Assembly, Sept. 30, 2015, in New York, New York. (photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) Iraqi Minister of Planning Salman al-Jumaili, in an interview with Al-Monitor from his office in Baghdad, said that his
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A view of Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, uploaded Dec. 26, 2013. (photo by Baghdad International Airport/Facebook) BAGHDAD, Iraq — Even if it were true that Sumerians built the first airport at Nasiriyah in 5000 BC, as Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem Finjan claimed in October, they would be shocked at the state of Iraqi aviation today. While Kazem said Iraq's early set
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