This year’s budget is Iraq’s largest at 198.9 trillion dinars ($153bn) with the same allocated for 2024 and 2025.
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Hamzeh Hadad is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security. In 202... 1, Hadad was an adviser to the president of the Trade Bank of Iraq.
This year’s budget is Iraq’s largest at 198.9 trillion dinars ($153bn) with the same allocated for 2024 and 2025.
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