Ahmad Ali, Muhsen

System of governance and perpetuation of a predatory regime in Iraq - 2022.


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Iraq's ruling parties view institutions as “booty,” a product with real market value. An “invention” has taken hold: “economic offices,” present in all the ministries, which redistribute contracts and state tenders. The parties have also set up currency exchange companies to dominate the market of financial transactions, as well as banks responsible for money transfers and contracts granted by the contacts they have within the state services.