to use Central Bank of Iraq reserves for fiscal purposes leading to depreciation pressures, and higher inflation …

This Selected Issues paper on Iraq discusses medium-term projections for oil production and exports. Constraints to oil …

Iraq’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that there has been a marked deterioration in Iraq’s human development …

the working population's labor market choices and has important fiscal implications. Iraq's current pension system is … age population and other vulnerable groups, such as survivors and persons with disability. Second, the public sector … acceleration of the total pension bill due to recent policy changes. Third, it sets an uneven playing field between the public and …

presented to senior officials from the central and local governments in Iraq, including from Kurdistan, key options that might …

delayed owing to lengthening data lags resulting from the attacks on the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI …). With the projected increase in oil production and exports in the coming years, Iraq will be able to strengthen its fiscal …

A financial program that aims to ensure macroeconomic stability of Iraq was discussed. The Iraqi economy was severely … domestic and external environment. Policy discussions were framed by Iraq’s medium-term prospects, especially with regard to … the development of its vast hydrocarbon resources. Structural reforms under the program aim at improving public financial …

This paper reviews Iraq’s Request for Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA). The authorities’ main goals under the … EPCA-supported program are to improve the general welfare of the Iraqi people and address Iraq’s external debt problem. The … key structural reforms to transform Iraq into a market economy …

This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iraq’s longer-term economic outlook is strong as oil prices and …, Iraq’s fiscal position is projected to record significant, albeit declining deficits in both years, before returning to a …