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    The water crisis in Iraq

    The water problem in Iraq is a matter of multiple dimensions for the country's health and agricultural future, which is certainly reflected in its social reality as well as in its external relations with neighboring countries with which it shares its water resources. It is also known that Iraq enjoys...

    Prospects for achieving sustainable development goals

    To consider the dimensions of future changes and their economic and social consequences concerning Iraq's ability to achieve sustainable development goals and targets, three sustainable development scenarios have been developed in Iraq, 2021-2030, Between a directional scenario that assumes the continued influence of the variables that ruled the past...

    The housing crisis in Iraq… Seeking solutions with international initiatives

    The housing problem in Iraq is worsening rapidly, in a country with a growth rate of 3% per year, and is largely concentrated in the capital, Baghdad, in the absence of official figures, or a population census that accurately shows the extent of the problem and the actual need...

    Explanation of current exchange market trends in Iraq

    The Economic Studies Section of AL-Bayan Center for Studies and Planning held a dialogue with the Prime Minister's Adviser on Finance the economy specialist Dr. Madah Mohamed Saleh. The dialogue included recent changes in the exchange rate in Iraqi markets.          AL-Bayan Center: How does the foreign currency demand go...

    Iraq’s federal budget for 2021… the controversy of the government and parliament

    A general budget is defined as a detailed and approved estimate of public expenditure and revenue for a financial future that is often one year. From this definition, it appears that the general budget has two basic elements: Recognition and Accreditation.  The first term is to estimate the public...

    Indicators of sustainable development goals in Iraq (2016 – 2020)

    During the period 2016-2020, Iraq was able to achieve 6.5 on the Goals Progress Index. In 2016, Iraq achieved 56.6, ranking 118th out of 157 countries, advancing to 63.1 in 2020 and 113.0 out of 166 countries. It achieved a regional score from 62.3 to 66.3 at the bright...

    Fragile federal budget and contradictions in achieving sustainable development in Iraq

    The persistence of the same problems in the absence of fiscal reforms and the inability to address and confront administrative and financial corruption will undoubtedly make it inevitable that contradictions persist in the absence of sustainable development, especially as Iraq suffers from the worst performance of Gross domestic product...

    Problems with the Egyptian transport sector (Egypt Railway as an example)

    Egypt Railway is the first railway to be built in Africa and the Middle East and the second worldwide after the United Kingdom, which began in 1834. The railway lines were extended to the Suez/Alexandria Line, but work was suspended due to several political matters; The first railway line...

    Towards reforming the contractual system in Iraqi State institutions

    It’s been 17 years since the democratic system that ruled Iraq after the fall of the dictatorship. These 17 years have been marked by glitches and mistakes at all levels. One of the most distinctive features in the democratic systems is that they have flexibility towards reforms, which make...

    Deliberate environmental change in Iraq and its implications

    The world is experiencing accelerated environmental changes, rising rates of pollution from human behavior, and Iraq is not far away from this global climate change, either about rising temperatures, scarce rainfall, water shortages resulting from Turkish water policies, and neglect in Iraqi water policies. Although Iraq, like the rest of...