Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 42

18-October-2004

IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

Tokyos Iraq Donor Conference Focuses On Speed Of Aid Disbursement

The fourth international Iraq Donor Conference which was held on 13-14 October in Tokyo focused on the continuing problem of the slow disbursement of the $33bn in aid funds pledged at the first such conference held in Madrid in October 2003 (MEES, 3 November 2003). The primary role of the conference was not to elicit new pledges of funds, but to...