Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 35

31-Aug-2009

Politics Shaping Iraqi Oil Development Program

Iraq’s second upstream bidding round is taking place against the background of an increasingly bitter campaign for parliamentary elections, scheduled for end-January. The shine has come off Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s reputation as the restorer of security, with a series of recent bombings culminating with one in Baghdad on 19 August, which killed around 100 people and...