Dr. Jafar co-founded the Uruk Project Development Company in Dubai during 2003. He has extensive experience in the power generation field, having led Iraq’s electricity reconstruction efforts from 1991 to 1999 as well as serving as Chairman of the Iraqi National Committee for Technology Transfer from 1996 to 2003. Dr. Jafar is a staunch supporter of education and an accomplishe
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The essay was published in 1970 as contribution to the reader "Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East from the Rise of Islam to the Present Day", edited by M.A. Cook. (School of Oriental & African Studies). Oxford University Press, 1970 Download PDF
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Download PDF H.E. the Prime Minister esquire; H.E. the Speaker of the Federal Parliament esquire; T.E: Members of the Federal Parliament and Ministers esquires. On 2nd December 2014 a brief announcement was made in Bagdad pertaining to an oil agreement between the Iraqi Federal Government (IFG) and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). According to the said announcement (and
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Iraq’s government has certainly tried to address the deficit in the version that was approved on Dec. 23, in which the budget reached 123 trillion Iraqi dinars (nearly $100 billion). Yet, in the end, all of these attempts cannot address Iraq’s budget crisis for 2015 or the following years, given the nature of the Iraqi economy, which mainly depends on oil production, as well as
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With the skyrocketing growth of unconventional oil and natural gas production in the U.S., an intense debate on the impact of energy exports on U.S. consumers, the nation’s energy and economic security and foreign policy has become a major topic of interest. Throughout its history, the United States has attempted to ensure energy security by regulating the price of oil, control
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