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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
Read MoreIt is in the national interest that the Ministry of Oil, especially in the absence of due democratic processes in making policy, consult with an Iraqi think-tank, made up of competent Iraqi oil technocrats, in an atmosphere of constructive debate. Rules and procedures for incorporating advice and consultation from the think-tank ought to be worked out and selection should be
Read MoreKey findings: BRI finance and investments stabilized in 2021 at US$ 59.5 billion (compared to US$ 60.5 billion in 2020); No coal projects received financing or investments in 2021; Green energy finance and investments in the BRI slightly increased to a new high in 2021 at US$6.3 billion (compared to US$ 6.2 billion in 2020); Oil-related finance and investments in
Read MoreThe public sector in Iraq accounts for the majority of employment in the oil-rich country. Plummeting oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in economic crisis and an ever increasing budget deficit. Where there is crisis however, there is opportunity: will 2021 bring a much needed reform of the public sector in Iraq? When the Iraq anti-government protests erupted
Read MoreThe Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung held a workshop in November 2021 on Shia communities in Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Executive Summary The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung held a workshop November 22-23, 2021 on Shia communities in Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and
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