A Kurdish official has reported that USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, has allocated $80 million to develop the health sector in Iraq. Speaking to AKnews on Tuesday, Khalis Qadir, spokesman for Kurdistan's Health Ministry, said USAID announced the allocation on Monday in a conference in Tikrit, 140 km northwest of Baghdad. The […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has outlined proposals in its request for bidders for a $180 million contract to set up civil service laws and regulations, and to create local institutions to deliver services to the population. The four-year program is called the "Iraq National and Provincial Administrative Reform Project". Applications are to […]
Access to quality financial services, especially for rural small-scale farmers is a challenge anywhere in the world. USAID-Tijara microfinance institution (MFI) partner Tal’afar Economic Development Center (TEDC) launched a new agricultural loan product focused on small-scale rural farmers to help them meet this challenge in the northern Iraq Province of Ninawa. At a ceremony to […]
AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it was been awarded a five-year, US$53-million [63 billion Iraqi dinars] contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide economic-consulting services to Iraq through the Iraq […]
USAID through its Provincial Economic Growth Program, today released State of Iraq’s Microfinance Industry, a 52-page report that describes the growth and emerging trends of a microfinance industry that rapidly is building financing systems accessible to all Iraqis. Iraq’s microfinance industry was established seven years ago with financial and technical assistance from the U.S. Agency […]
Iraq’s rapidly growing microfinance industry reached a major milestone this month when the Al-Tadhamun (TDMN) microfinance organization opened its third branch office in the Northern Province of Ninawa. The opening brings the total number of microfinance branches and satellite offices across Iraq to 100 and underscores the success Iraq’s MFI sector has achieved in its […]
