Iraq Resident Representative Site

Resident Representative Office in Iraq

This web page presents information about the work of the IMF in Iraq, including the activities of the IMF Resident Representative Office. Additional information can be found on the Iraq and IMF country page, including IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Iraq.

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Inflation and Conflict in Iraq: The Economics of Shortages Revisited

Containing inflation has turned out to be one of the most challenging aspects of economic management in Iraq. This paper posits that conventional as well as unconventional factors explain inflation dynamics in the recent past. 

Technical Assistance Evaluation Program

Findings of Evaluations and Updated Program - Evaluation of the Technical Assistance Subaccount for Iraq 

IMF Sees Global Imbalances Narrowing, but More to Be Done

Global Imbalances, Africa's Improved Debt Outlook, Nigerian Reform, Burkina Faso's Cotton Crisis, Ghana and Inflation Targeting, Iraq's Progress, Egypt's Reforms Spur Growth, Asian Trade, Baltics' High Growth Rate, News Briefs 

Iraq and the IMF

IMF Program Note on Iraq

April 18, 2013
Program Note on Iraq 

Press Release: IMF Mission Concludes Article IV Discussions with Iraq

March 21, 2013

Press Release: IMF Approves Seven-Month Extension of Stand-By Arrangement for Iraq

August 3, 2012

Transcript of a Conference Call on Jordan’s Stand-By Arrangement, Morocco’s Precautionary and Liquidity Line and the IMF’s Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa

August 3, 2012

Press Release: Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Iraq

December 13, 2011

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Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia

The outlook for the Middle East and North Africa region is mixed. Oil-importing countries are witnessing tepid growth, and the moderate recovery expected in 2013 is subject to heightened downside risks. For the Arab countries in transition, ongoing political transitions also weigh on growth. With policy buffers largely eroded, the need for action on macroeconomic stabilization and growth-oriented reforms is becoming increasingly urgent. Countries will need to put in place safety nets to protect the poor and build consensus for some difficult fiscal choices. The region's oil exporters are expected to post solid growth in 2012, in part due to Libya's better-than-expected postwar recovery. In the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, robust growth is supported by expansionary fiscal policies and accommodative monetary conditions.

In the Caucasus and Central Asia, the outlook remains favorable, reflecting high oil prices that are benefiting oil and gas exporters, supportive commodity prices and remittance inflows benefiting oil and gas importers, and, for both groups, moderate direct exposure to Europe. The positive outlook provides an opportunity to strengthen policy buffers to prepare for any downside risks.