New World Bank Group Strategy for Iraq to Focus on Inclusive Growth, Jobs...
(Source: MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) US$900 million planned over the next four years to help lay foundation for long-term sustainable growth WASHINGTON, December 18, 2012 - World...
View ArticleNew World Bank Group Strategy for Iraq to Focus on Inclusive Growth, Jobs...
(Source: World Bank Group) US$900 million planned over the next four years to help lay foundation for long-term sustainable growth WASHINGTON, December 18, 2012 - World Bank Group support for Iraq...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-World Bank pledges $900 million for Iraq
WASHINGTON Dec 18 (Reuters) - The World Bank pledged $900 million to Iraq over the next four years to help it create jobs, build stronger institutions and improve social inclusion, the global...
View ArticleWorld Bank sets $900 mn aid program for Iraq
The World Bank announced Tuesday a $900 million support plan for Iraq aimed at helping the war-ravaged country better manage its human and vast oil resources. The World Bank’s four-year support for...
View ArticleYears of chaos, bureaucracy threaten World Bank funds for Iraq’s schools
BAQOUBA, Iraq — Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don’t work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind...
View ArticleMass grave with 900 corpses found in Iraq
IRAQI authorities uncovered a mass grave with 900 corpses near the central city of Diwaniyah overnight, believed to be Kurds killed during the rule of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said....
View ArticleWith U.S. troops hardly gone, Iraq's government is coming apart
BAGHDAD - Faster than anyone expected, barely a month after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's government appears to be coming apart, prompting fears that the country is headed for another round of...
View ArticleWith U.S. troops barely gone, Iraq government is crumbling
BAGHDAD - Faster than anyone expected - barely a month after the last U.S. troops left - Iraq's government appears to be coming apart, prompting fears that the country is headed for another round of...
View ArticleIraq PM warns Syria war could spread
Iraq’s prime minister warned Wednesday that a victory for rebels in the Syrian civil war would create a new extremist haven and destabilize the wider Middle East, sparking sectarian wars in his own...
View ArticleDespite Challenges, Banks Look to Set Up Branches in Iraq
DUBAI — Iraq is still struggling to overcome an economic legacy of war, insurgency, political rifts and fragile security. For its nascent banking sector, the challenges do not stop there. Connect With...
View ArticleThe Disenchantment of Iraq
18/03/2013 by Feisal Amin Mareeg.com- LONDON – Twenty-five years ago, on March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein’s troops spread poison gas through the Kurdish town of Halabja. The attack, which killed an...
View ArticleMicro, Small and Medium Entrepreneurs in Jordan Supported by $70 million to...
(Source: World Bank Group) World Bank Project Focuses on Job Creation and Economic Inclusion WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 -- Job creation and economic inclusion are key priorities for Jordan and by...
View ArticleIraq 10 years on: The humanitarian legacy
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE BAGHDAD/DUBAI, 22 April 2013 (IRIN) - Ten years after US forces took over Iraq, opinions on the progress made are as polarized as ever. On one side, the...
View ArticleNew World Bank Project to Improve Lebanon’s Mobile Internet Services (World...
(Source: World Bank Group) Modern Systems to Create Jobs for Youth and High-Skilled Labor WASHINGTON, July 31, 2013 - A new World Bank Group project will boost Lebanon's mobile Internet systems and...
View ArticleBetter and Safer Roads in Iraq will Boost Regional Trade, Save Lives and...
(Source: World Bank Group) WASHINGTON, December 19, 2013 - A new project will reduce traffic fatalities by nearly 25 percent on two transport corridors connecting Iraq to its northern, southern and...
View ArticleKuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds
BAGHDAD Kuwait's prime minister discussed ties with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Wednesday, signaling improving relations between neighbors still working to overcome the more than two-decade...
View Article>As banks eye Iraq, Citi plans office in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Citigroup Inc. is set to become the first American bank to open an office of its own in Baghdad, highlighting financial firms' growing interest in Iraq a decade after the U.S.-led 2003...
View ArticleAs banks eye Iraq, Citi plans office in Baghdad
Comment () Tweet By ADAM SCHRECK, Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Citigroup Inc. is set to become the first American bank to open an office of its own in Baghdad, highlighting financial firms' growing...
View ArticleWorld Bank pledges $900 million for Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank pledged $900 million to Iraq over the next four...
View ArticleThe Arab Spring Started in Iraq
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Enlarge This Image Goran Tomasevic/Reuters A statue of Saddam Hussein fell in central Baghdad on April 9, 2003. ON April 9, 2003, Baghdad fell to an American-led coalition. The...
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