From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi city of Fallujah in Anbar province is struggling to recover, two years after the Iraqi army defeated ISIL fighters. Their battle left the city in ruins. As well as reconstructing destroyed […]
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Online Damage Assessment system in Nineveh
The Nineveh Governor Nofal al-Akoub and EU Delegation representative Mathieu Goodstein launched the Online Damage Assessment System in Mosul at the Governorate building. The system gathers information about the damage of vital facilities in a centralised data base and informs administration and donors on both needs and projects implementation in restoring stability and future development […]
Tags: European Union (EU), featured, Local Area Development Programme (LADP), Mosul, Nineveh, reconstruction, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
“Forget the Donations, Stupid”: New Dynamics in Funding Reconstruction
By Ahmed Tabaqchali (pictured), CIO of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund. This article was originally published in the Marsh to Mountain blog. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. “Forget the Donations, Stupid”: New dynamics in funding the reconstruction of Iraq Key […]
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Video: Iraq needs $90bn to Rebuild
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Entire cities, including western Mosul and Ramadi, have been destroyed in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in Iraq. The Iraqi government […]
Tags: Anbar, caliphate, Daesh, featured, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Mosul, Ramadi, reconstruction, terrorism, video
Locals Criticise Uncoordinated, Propaganda-Happy Reconstruction Efforts
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. By Kamal al-Ayash. The authorities are spending a lot of money on reconstruction in the Anbar province. But locals are complaining, saying basic needs are not being fulfilled and the […]
Iran Offers $3bn LOC for Iraq Reconstruction
By John Lee. Iran’s First Vice President, Es’haq Jahangiri, has said Iran is ready to provide Iraq with a line of credit (LOC) of “up to” three billion dollars to pave the way for the Iranian private sector’s active participation in the reconstruction of the country. According to Iran’s PressTV, he made the statement at […]
“It’s Not the Donations, Stupid”: Key Points from Kuwait Conference
By Editor on 22nd February 2018 in Ahmed Tabaqchali, Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News
By Ahmed Tabaqchali (pictured), CIO of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. ‘It’s Not the Donations, Stupid’: Key Points from the Kuwait Conference With a few exceptions, the coverage of the “Kuwait International Conference for the […]
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$30bn Pledged to Iraq – Time to Act!
Following the Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq earlier this week, Iraq has so far received pledges of financing totalling around $30 billion to help with rebuilding the country after the devastating war against the Islamic State group. While this is well short of the $88 billion in funding estimated to be needed, […]
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World Bank’s Commitment to Iraq Reaches $4.7bn
The World Bank Group and the Government of Iraq signed two projects today totaling US$510 million to help the Iraqi people by improving living conditions, enhancing water supplies, and creating jobs. The two projects along with the ongoing US$750 million Emergency Operation for Development program and other planned commitments, will increase the World Bank’s total […]
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UN launches Iraq Recovery and Resilience Programme
By Editor on 14th February 2018 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Iraq Industry & Trade News, Politics
UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the Iraq Recovery and Resilience Programme today at the Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq. The two-year Recovery and Resilience Programme is designed to fast-track the social dimensions of reconstruction and help ensure that people see tangible improvements in their daily lives at the start of the reconstruction […]
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Video: Donors pledge more than $300m to Iraq
By Editor on 14th February 2018 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News, Iraq Industry & Trade News, Iraq Public Works News
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is hoping for more concrete pledges from international donors on the second day of a conference on rebuilding cities and infrastructure shattered by the conflict with ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq […]
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Video: Iraq seeks $100bn for Post-IS Reconstruction
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is hoping to raise billions of dollars at a donor conference starting on Monday in Kuwait – to finance the reconstruction after its campaign against ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and […]