Hundreds of meetings, large and small, have been taking place across Iraq since late December, 2003, focusing on issues related to Iraq’s democratic transition. To date, there have been 17 televised Town Halls held in all areas of the country with five more scheduled by the end of March. Countless smaller meetings have been held […]
CPA has facilitated the refreshment of Provincial Councils in twelve governorates in Iraq. The new Councils are more representative of their populations, in terms of gender and ethnicity. Baghdad has established a Provincial Council for the first time and is in the process of selecting a Governor through a participatory process. In addition, hundreds of […]
The Transitional Administrative Law will be the Supreme Law of Iraq, during the transitional period. It will expire once a government is elected under a permanent constitution and take office by the end of 2005.
All 25 of Iraq?s Governing Council Members - Shiia, Sunni, Kurd, Christian, Turkmen, women and men - were represented at […]
The Iraq government was structured to repress and isolate the Iraqi people from the rest of the world and set individual against individual, neighbor against neighbor, ethnic group against ethnic group, and religious group against religious group.
After liberation, it was clear that the Iraqi people had always wanted to be free, and would never […]
The Iraqi justice system is operational. The nation?s courts are open, issuing judgments in civil cases and imposing punishment in criminal cases. Those convicted are serving their sentence.
Over the last few months in Baghdad, crime on the streets has declined by 39 percent; in Basra it has declined by 70 percent.
The Judicial Review Committee […]
Before the liberation of Iraq, Iraq?s judiciary was merely an arm of the central government, controlled by Saddam Hussein.
Today, the Iraqi judiciary is independent from the Ministry of Justice, overseen by the newly reestablished Council of Judges which is headed by the Chief Judge of the Court of Cassation of Iraq.
Disbursal of the first $5 billion of the Iraq Supplemental to the U.S. budget is expected to have an enormous macroeconomic impact, including creation of modern infrastructure and thousands of new jobs through direct job creation as well as multiplier effects.
Iraq Government is also investing $125m to create 125,000 new jobs for Iraqis and $9m […]
The Central Bank of Iraq announced on January 31, 2004 that 3 foreign banks have been granted preliminary approval to operate in Iraq: Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation, Standard Chartered and National Bank of Kuwait.
315 state-owned bank branches have re-opened as of February 2004. 19 private banks are operating with 140 branches across Iraq. New […]
Saddam Hussein ran up Iraq’s foreign debt to approximately $125 billion.
Iraqis had little faith in the banking system. 6 state-owned banks were under-capitalized and poorly managed. The operations of 17 private banks were heavily restricted.
Two different types of currency were used in Iraq. The Saddam dinar, prone to counterfeiting, traded in areas of the country […]
During Saddam Hussein?s rule, three decades of economic mismanagement crippled Iraq?s economy.
Repressive economic policies isolated Iraq internationally and concentrated wealth in the hands of Saddam?s supporters while the majority suffered widespread poverty.
The CPA is working with our Iraqi partners to build a strong market economy based on a number of key principles:
Openness
Transparency of […]
