VOL. XXXII

NO. 16

23-JANUARY-1989

Financial and Banking News

INVESTMENT ACTIVITiES

IraqiPrivatization continues despite Problems

The Iraqi Government announced on 14 January that it is offering for sale the 307-room Baghdad Sheraton hotel as part of the privatization program which began in 1987. In September 1988 the Revolutionary Command Council decided to abolish the State Tourism Authority-owner of the Sheraton -and sell all its assets to the private sector in Iraq. The hotel is being sold to a...