VOL. XLVI

No 36

08-September-2003

IRAQ

New US Funding Critical To Restoring Electricity Supply As Sabotage Continues

MEES Contributing Editor Diane Munro reports from Washington:

Iraqs beleaguered electricity sector is proving to be a crushing challenge and embarrassment for the coalitions post-war reconstruction effort. Despite steady progress in repairing power infrastructure by US Agency for International Development (USAID) prime contractor Bechtel and the Iraqi Commission on Electricity...