NASIRIYAH, Iraq — Many houses in the towns and villages in southern Iraq are made of green reeds. The town of Nasiriyah, which is located 350 kilometers (217 miles) southeast of Baghdad, is one of them. The green reeds, found in the marshes of southern Iraq, turn into strong yellow sticks after drying. Green reeds are environmentally friendly, and Iraqis are proud of their cu
Read MoreDownload the whole document as PDF file Abstract Economic and social policy set as a unified and coordinated package had been formulated within agreements between the Iraqi government and the United Nations, World Bank and the IMF; mainly through the International Compact with Iraq and Standby arrangements. A host of policies/measures, institutional changes and benchmarks, incl
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