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Iraq’s Long-Lasting Electricity Problem: A Report on a webinar organised by IEN on 23 August, 2020

Speakers: Dr Barik Schuber: IEN Coordinator and Senior International Economic Advisor. Ali Alsafar: IEA MENA Program manager. Guest speaker: Mr. Ali Shamara: Private Investor and independent power producer. Introduction: The Iraqi Economists Network recognizes the repercussion of the failure of all the plans, the allocation resources, and the implemented proje

The British oil major’s recent report has said that the demand for oil will not go back to the pre-Covid levels BP Plc said the relentless growth of oil demand is over, becoming the first super major to call the end of an era many thought would last another decade or more. Oil consumption may never return to levels seen before the coronavirus crisis took hold, BP said in

By Khalid Al-Ansary Iraq will offer barley for export for the first time after ample rains and price incentives spurred farmers to grow a surplus of the grain. The government plans to start auctioning 700,000 tons of the grain next week and anticipates interest from Gulf Arab states, Jordan and countries in North Africa, agriculture ministry spokesman Hameed Al-Nayef said

Ahead of our forthcoming second report on Iraq’s water resources, we spoke with Eckart Woertz, Director at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies and Professor for contemporary history and politics of the Middle East at the University of Hamburg. In 2014, Dr. Woertz published Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East. A detailed analysis of the political ec

1. Despite massive economic and human potential, Iraq has suffered from decades of conflict and economic volatility. The government of Iraq (GoI) faces the dual challenge of stabilizing and growing the economy while also ensuring security, jobs, and basic services to Iraqis across the country. A resource‐rich, middle‐income country, Iraq has experienced internal a