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    Railway link between Iraq and Turkey opportunities and challenges

    Omar Sameer The railway link between Turkey and Iraq was one of the ambitious projects since the era of Sultan Abdülhamid II, whose reign was the last reform attempt of the Ottoman state, including his inauguration of the Baghdad railway in financial cooperation with Germany, which continued slowly; Due to...

    An Economic Vision in Formulating a Draft of the Next Government’s Work Priorities

    Hassan Hadi Al-Assadi Eighteen years have passed since 2003 on Iraq, which was characterized by administrative and financial corruption, a decline in services at all levels, a near-complete collapse of its infrastructure, bloodsheds, and the lives that were lost under the pretext of nationalism, religious and sectarian acts, and the...

    The controversy of Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the three organizations of the United Nations specialized in the economic and trade fields, which is considered to be one of the major players on the global scene, as it replaced the GATT for tariffs, and began its work effectively in...

    The financial repercussions of low oil prices’ shock on the general budget in Iraq after 2014

    Dr. Riam Ali Hussein Uncertainty plays a major role in the instability of oil prices, especially when crises occur in the oil supply areas. Which increases the imbalance conditions between supply and demand for oil. With the emergence of ISIS and its occupation of parts of Iraq, and the loss...

    Iraq’s rank in Global Corruption Perceptions Index 2020

    The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that ranks countries “by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys”. The index is published annually by the non-governmental organization Transparency International since 1995. Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 – published in January 2021,...

    The railway linkage project between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Implementation, benefits, obstacles, and impact on Iraq)

    Emad Al-Sheikh Dawood - Hashem Emad Abdel-Karim During the pre-World War I era, trains transported goods from Cairo to Jerusalem and from Damascus to Medina to transport pilgrims between Constantinople (the former capital of the Ottoman Empire) and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula, and shorten the travel time for military...

    The New Iraqi Government and the Steps Towards Economic Diversification

    Salam Jabbar Shehab Economic diversification entails measures to reduce dependence on a single source of income (currently), which is through these new revenue channels, as well as creating new channels; To generate other economic outputs, so the basic idea behind economic diversification is to develop or create a type of...

    International experiences to regulate population growth “examples and solutions”

    Ahmed Kudhaer Hussain During the last decade, Iraq recorded a population increase of about 9 million people, and according to the statistics of the global economy for 2020, Iraq ranks 36th in the world in terms of population, and the fourth among Arab countries, as the annual growth rate of...

    Partnership contracts between the public and private sectors and their importance in the Iraqi economy

    The Iraqi economy is witnessing a transitional phase from a socialist system in which the state controls most of its economic activities to an open economic system in which the state monitors the performance of economic activities and contributes to facilitating them and helping to overcome economic crises if...

    Iraq’s rank in The Natural Capital Index 2020

    Dr. Bassem Ali Khreisan The Natural Capital of a country is defined by the natural physical environment. The Natural Capital model incorporates the essence of resources that allow a country to be completely self-sustaining: land, water, climate, biodiversity, food production and capacity, and energy and mineral resources. In addition, the...