The Neoliberal Model's Planned Role in Iraq's Economic Transition, Strategic Insights
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Looney, Robert
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2003-08-01
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
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Iraq has been blessed with abundant economic and human resources. It has the second highest proven oil reserves in the world at around 112 billion barrels, after Saudi Arabia with 262 billion barrels. However, despite its wealth, Iraq has experienced continuous economic deterioration since 1980 and has become one of the region's least developed economies. A country that could have been a model of development for the Arab world turned out to be a devastated case of economic decline, mismanagement and massive corruption (Azzam, 2003).
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Strategic Insights are authored monthly by analysts with the Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC). The CCC is the research arm of the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
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Strategic Insights
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Strategic Insights, v.2, issue 8 (August 2003)
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