VOL. XLVI

No 31

04-August-2003

IRAQ

USAID Approves $680Mn Bechtel Plan For Iraq Reconstruction

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has approved a budget of $680mn put forward by Bechtel, the San Francisco-based engineering and construction firm, pertaining to reconstruction work on a number of infrastructural sites and buildings in Iraq, according to reports in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle on 29 July and 30 July respectively. Bechtels program gives...