-spectral imaging and ground-truth pre-war output data to effectively construct a real-time day-to-day census of oil production in areas …

Iraq is at a crossroads. Almost two decades after the 2003 war, the country remains caught in a fragility trap, facing … lack of reforms, and an inability to tackle corruption, Iraq is having its worst annual economic growth performance in 2020 … since the fall of the Saddam regime. But with every crisis comes an opportunity to reform. Iraq can embark on a long but …

advanced economies in the world. The Fallout of War: The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria identifies the impact … of the Syrian conflict on economic and social outcomes in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. It combines a large number of data …

Iraq has enacted several legal, policy, and institutional reform initiatives, the intent of which is to shift political and … decentralization is yet to be followed through with efficient implementation. The Government of Iraq and the World Bank will like to …. The objective of the assessment is to take stock of the current state of decentralization in Iraq with a view to …

This note describes the methodology used for estimating trends in poverty rates for Iraq using the 2012 Iraq household … Iraq; between 2012 and 2014 for these 13 governorates. The first set of estimates show that the pace of poverty reduction … in Iraq was accelerating until the first half of 2014, while the second and third set of estimates quantify the adverse …

Iraq was plunged into two simultaneous crises in the second half of 2014, one driven by a sharp decline in oil prices … USD in September and 62 USD by December. Given Iraq's heavy dependence on oil as a share of GDP and exports, and a source … of government revenues, this decline in prices alone would have hit Iraq's fragile economy hard. In addition, since June …

Iraq has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An … understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Iraq decided to benchmark this system using …

Iraq is facing daunting challenges of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency, political upheaval, and … slow due to constitutional constraints and systemic resistance to changes. Iraq's economic prospects are subject to … significant risks. Iraq has recently achieved some important steps towards strengthening its investment climate, but much remains …

restore livelihoods and service delivery for all in Iraq. The challenges ahead are to craft and execute a reconstruction plan … comprehensive reconstruction plan needs proper assessment of the damage, loss, and recovery needs. The Iraq Damage and Needs … across 19 sectors in all conflict affected governorates in Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Planning took on this challenging task …

children in Iraq and recommendations to move forward. This report is part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank … analysis of early learning, health, nutrition, social protection, and child protection policies and interventions in Iraq …