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USAID helps Iraqi Central Bank get back to business
US troops guard the Central Bank of Iraq. The building was looted during the war. USAID is providing a "ministry in a box" which includes desks, chairs, telephones and computers to help get the ministry get back to business.
An Iraqi engineer working with DAI supervises the arrival of USAID-funded "ministry in a box" to the Iraqi Central Bank which includes desks, chairs, telephones and computers to help get the misintry get back to business. The building was looted during the war.
The Central Bank of Iraq was looted and burned during the war. USAID is funding a "ministry in a box" to the Iraqi Central Bank which includes desks, chairs, telephones and computers to help get the misintry get back in business.
The Central Bank of Iraq, that was looted and burned during the war, is being provided a "ministry in a box" by USAID. The assisstence includes desks, chairs, telephones and computers to help get the misintry get back to business.
An Iraqi employee of the Central Bank shows computers being stored in a vault in he basement of the building. The computers are part of a USAID-funded "ministry in a box" program which also includes desks, chairs and telephones to help get the misintry get back to business. The building was looted during the war.
An Iraqi engineer working with DAI supervises the arrival of USAID-funded "ministry in a box" to the Iraqi Central Bank which includes desks, chairs, telephones and computers to help get the misintry get back to business. The building was looted during the war.
Workers greet the head of the Central Bank as USAID-funded 'ministry in a box' arrives to the Iraqi Central Bank which includes desks, chairs, telephones and computers to help get the misintry get back to business. The building was looted and burned during the war.


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Global Development Alliance

USAID's Global Development Alliance (GDA) mobilizes the ideas, efforts and resources of governments, businesses and civil society by forging public-private alliances to stimulate economic growth, develop businesses and workforces, address health and environmental issues, and expand access to education and technology.

Photo of Abu Yahya, who used a USAID business development grant to purchase a stone crusher and generator. Click for story
Through a USAID grant, an Iraqi businessman triples his output and employs fifteen men. Click here for the full story. (PDF - 75kb)

The USAID Mission in Iraq sees the GDA model as a way to leverage the U.S. Government's development assistance funds provided to Iraq. Public-private sector alliances allow multinational companies, foundations, and other interested organizations to operate in this country in partnership with USAID. Together, we can contribute to improving the economy of the country as well as the quality of life for the citizens of Iraq.

USAID/Iraq is in the process of finalizing several official GDA activities with at least 1:1 matching funds from USAID and future private sector partners. There are a number of examples of organizations already operating in Iraq actively supporting development projects, including:

  • Project Hope has partnered with USAID/Iraq to build a children's hospital in Basrah.
  • Actor Gary Sinise of Forrest Gump fame, Author Candice Hillenbrand who wrote Seabiscuit, FedEx and many generous Americans have teamed up to send school supplies through Operation Iraqi Children.
  • The Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL) is a free resource for scientists and educators in Iraq. A partnership with publishers, computer firms, universities, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Government has made this project possible.
  • Two American tractor manufacturers have agreed to work with the USAID-funded Agriculture Reconstruction and Development for Iraq project to rehabilitate several thousand tractors across the country.
  • Multinational companies in the Information and Communications technology sector are becoming more focused on the Iraqi market now that economic sanctions have ended with several companies actively supporting training and other capacity building projects in Iraq.

Email us to see how we can work together to form a development partnership between USAID/Iraq and your organization.

Iraqi Business of the Month:

The H. Mahmood J. al-Bunnia & Sons Company

Upcoming Events:

USTDA is sponsoring an orientation visit from April 10-19 to expose Iraqi decision makers to the range of possibilities available in the E-Learning sector, including content, business models, applications and telecommunications infrastructure. A business briefing will be held in Washington, DC on April 18, 2006. For more information, contact Debbie Palmer (dpalmer@decisionanalysis.net).

Contributions to Iraq through USAID's Global Development Alliance go directly to the beneficiaries, and you can see the results. In response to hundreds of generous individuals and companies offering donations and contributions to Iraq's re-construction effort, USAID/Iraq has established a Global Development Alliance desk which assists businesses, foundations as well as individuals to augment USAID's Iraq reconstruction programs. For more information about USAID's GDA program, click here

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