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The Devaluation of Iraqi Dinar: Political and Economic Implications

With the rollout of new controls developed by the US Federal Reserve in collaboration with the Central Bank of Iraq to combat currency smuggling, the dollar exchange rate continued to rise in the Iraqi market, pushing up the prices of food and other essential items. The Central Bank of Iraq has asserted that the rise in the dollar-to-dinar exchange rate is a pass

The situation in Iraq is complex and confused in all aspects; institutional, political, economic and public administration. The absence of accountability and chaotic economic management coupled with weak governance and dysfunctional organizational arrangements play a major part in the decline that the Iraqis experience today. All these were, in part, t

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

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