Monday, September 26, 2011

Iraqi Finance Minister and World Bank ~ Issawi, looking with the World Bank to support the Iraqi labor ...


26/09/2011

Issawi, looking with the World Bank to support the Iraqi labor


BAGHDAD - morning

search and Minister of Finance Dr. Rafie al-Issawi with a team from the World Bank in Washington, the development of Iraq's relationship with the bank to serve the economic interests and investment to the country.

An official source at the ministry press statement said the two sides discussed during the meeting, ways of reducing unemployment and supporting and building manpower Iraqi and development and training in addition to the discussion of the energy sector in Iraq and overcome the obstacles that stand in front of development.

He said he took during the meeting also discussed a strategic plan to address the problems of the financial sector and the budget deficit and mechanisms to address the deficit in future fiscal years.

The source confirmed that the World Bank showed a response on the development of services sectors and energy in Iraq, as expressed in response to the invitation of the Minister of Finance of the next meeting in Baghdad. He expressed the World Bank team, according to the source, its willingness to consider a proposal to convert the regional office of the World Bank from Beirut to Baghdad in the near future.

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