As reported this morning on Iraq Business News, a former Minister for Planning has spoken out about the need to diversify the Iraqi economy away from its current dependence on oil and gas. Mahdi Al-Hafez told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iraq must adopt "a policy of diversifying the economy and developing other productive sectors such as […]
The Private Sector Development Centre (PSDC) in Iraq in partnership with Chamber Trade Sweden and the support of The World Bank and SIDA carried out a 2-day workshop at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2013. Presentations were made by Swedish experts on: Labour Market Regulations – Good Practices. […]
The U.S. Ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Hill, on Monday called on the Iraqi government to support the private sector to improve the national economy.
Iraq's Finance Ministry Undersecretary, Fazil Nabi, has announced on Sunday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is going to push Iraq forward in order to shift into a "private sector" system, in order to grant it a loan to cover the deficit into its state budget.
