Oil and Security
Iraq’s oil wealth is massive, with significant economic potential for years to come. Unfortunately, development is being hampered by endemic violence and ongoing instability. However, the main reserves...
View ArticleConditions Improve in Iraq
Despite Monday’s deadly attack against a police facility in Anbar province, overall levels of violence declined in Iraq over recent months. At least 676 people were killed between July and September as...
View ArticleSecurity Statistics from 2011
AKE has compiled statistics covering violence in Iraq over the course of 2011. The average week saw 56 attacks, many of which included bombings targeting civilians on an indiscriminate basis. The Iraqi...
View ArticleIraq Violence in the First Quarter of 2012
AKE has analysed violence taking place in Iraq over the first quarter of 2012 (January – March). At least 724 people were killed over the period, although the true figure is likely to be higher, given...
View ArticleWeekly Security Update for 3rd May 2012
Levels of violence fell in Iraq last week following a spate of al-Qaeda attacks the previous week which killed dozens of people. Nonetheless, conditions were still relatively bad. At least 47 people...
View ArticleViolence Falls in May
Levels of violence fell slightly in Iraq last month. Over the course of May AKE documented at least 162 separate attacks around Iraq. Incidents left at least 223 civilians and members of the security...
View ArticleOil Export Stats for 2014
By John Lee. Iraq’s oil exports in 2014 accounted for 95.5 percent of the country’s total revenue from exports, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning’s Central Bureau of...
View ArticleOil and Security
Iraq’s oil wealth is massive, with significant economic potential for years to come. Unfortunately, development is being hampered by endemic violence and ongoing instability. However, the main reserves...
View ArticleConditions Improve in Iraq
Despite Monday’s deadly attack against a police facility in Anbar province, overall levels of violence declined in Iraq over recent months. At least 676 people were killed between July and September as...
View ArticleSecurity Statistics from 2011
AKE has compiled statistics covering violence in Iraq over the course of 2011. The average week saw 56 attacks, many of which included bombings targeting civilians on an indiscriminate basis. The Iraqi...
View ArticleIraq Violence in the First Quarter of 2012
AKE has analysed violence taking place in Iraq over the first quarter of 2012 (January – March). At least 724 people were killed over the period, although the true figure is likely to be higher, given...
View ArticleWeekly Security Update for 3rd May 2012
Levels of violence fell in Iraq last week following a spate of al-Qaeda attacks the previous week which killed dozens of people. Nonetheless, conditions were still relatively bad. At least 47 people...
View ArticleViolence Falls in May
Levels of violence fell slightly in Iraq last month. Over the course of May AKE documented at least 162 separate attacks around Iraq. Incidents left at least 223 civilians and members of the security...
View ArticleOil Export Stats for 2014
By John Lee. Iraq's oil exports in 2014 accounted for 95.5 percent of the country's total revenue from exports, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning's Central Bureau of...
View ArticleEssential Indicators on Iraqi Development
By Sam Gollob and Michael E. O'Hanlon, for the Brookings Institution. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Brookings...
View ArticleWFP, Kurdistan Stats Office partner on Research
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO) signed a new agreement on research into food security, to support informed decision-making on efforts to...
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