Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion

Iraq’s overall security situation has notably improved after the defeat of ISIS, but significant challenges lie ahead. Iraq has witnessed major political and security transitions in 2017 when Prime Minister Al-Abadi announced in December the victor...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:Arabic,English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/980021539372476570/Iraq-Economic-Monitor-Toward-Reconstruction-Economic-Recovery-and-Fostering-Social-Cohesion
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spelling okr-10986-305632021-05-25T09:19:16Z Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion World Bank Group ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OIL PRICES POVERTY EQUITY EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC FINANCE MONETARY POLICY TRADE FISCAL TRENDS RISKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CASH TRANSFERS DEBT SERVICE Iraq’s overall security situation has notably improved after the defeat of ISIS, but significant challenges lie ahead. Iraq has witnessed major political and security transitions in 2017 when Prime Minister Al-Abadi announced in December the victory over ISIS after a war that lasted three years. The defeat of ISIS in Iraq left the government with the daunting tasks of rebuilding the country’s infrastructure, reconstruction of liberated areas, establishing security and stability,and providing services for the return of the displaced persons. On May 12, 2018 Iraq voted in parliamentary elections that delivered a win for a political bloc led by Moqtada al-Sadr, while PM Al-Abadi’s bloc, once seen as front runner, came in third. The ballots have been recounted after allegations of fraud and completed on August 8th without major change. On September 15th, Iraq’s parliament elected lawmaker Mohammed al-Halbousi as speaker, marking a major step towards establishing a new government. On October 2nd, Iraq’s parliament elected as president Barham Salih,who immediately named Adel Abdul Mahdi Prime Minister-designate, ending months of deadlock afterthe national election in May. 2018-10-15T19:44:38Z 2018-10-15T19:44:38Z 2018-10 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/980021539372476570/Iraq-Economic-Monitor-Toward-Reconstruction-Economic-Recovery-and-Fostering-Social-Cohesion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30563 Arabic,English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa Iraq
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
OIL PRICES
POVERTY
EQUITY
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC FINANCE
MONETARY POLICY
TRADE
FISCAL TRENDS
RISKS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
CASH TRANSFERS
DEBT SERVICE
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
OIL PRICES
POVERTY
EQUITY
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC FINANCE
MONETARY POLICY
TRADE
FISCAL TRENDS
RISKS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
CASH TRANSFERS
DEBT SERVICE
World Bank Group
Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion
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description Iraq’s overall security situation has notably improved after the defeat of ISIS, but significant challenges lie ahead. Iraq has witnessed major political and security transitions in 2017 when Prime Minister Al-Abadi announced in December the victory over ISIS after a war that lasted three years. The defeat of ISIS in Iraq left the government with the daunting tasks of rebuilding the country’s infrastructure, reconstruction of liberated areas, establishing security and stability,and providing services for the return of the displaced persons. On May 12, 2018 Iraq voted in parliamentary elections that delivered a win for a political bloc led by Moqtada al-Sadr, while PM Al-Abadi’s bloc, once seen as front runner, came in third. The ballots have been recounted after allegations of fraud and completed on August 8th without major change. On September 15th, Iraq’s parliament elected lawmaker Mohammed al-Halbousi as speaker, marking a major step towards establishing a new government. On October 2nd, Iraq’s parliament elected as president Barham Salih,who immediately named Adel Abdul Mahdi Prime Minister-designate, ending months of deadlock afterthe national election in May.
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title Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion
title_short Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion
title_full Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion
title_fullStr Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion
title_full_unstemmed Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion
title_sort iraq economic monitor, fall 2018 : toward reconstruction, economic recovery and fostering social cohesion
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
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