VOL. XLII

No. 35

30-August-1999

IRAQ

An Economic Agenda For A Future Iraq

by Sinan al-Shabibi

The following is the text of a lecture delivered by Dr.Sinan al-Shabibi at a conference sponsored by the Middle East Institute inWashington, D.C. Dr. Shabibi worked in the Iraqi Ministries of Planning andOil, and is currently an economist with the UNCTAD secretariat.*

The Current Situation

In the nine years since the imposition of United Nationssanctions on Iraq, a range of factors have combined, causing an...