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UNITED STATES
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Engergy Information Administration: EIA site containing links to its Iraq-related data, forecasts, and analysis.
Iraq Partnership: USAID website gives information about official US assistance to Iraq and gives Americans the opportunity to make contributions to development projects.
Iraq Program Management Office: The CPA's portal to its Iraq reconstruction efforts.
Coalition
Provisional Authority of Iraq
Inernational Advisory and Monitoring Board: an audit oversight body for the Development Fund for Iraq.
Renewal
in Iraq: the White House webpage concerning Iraq and reconstruction.
The Department
of Defense site, providing information about the military's activity
in post-war Iraq, including daily comments from Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld.
Iraq Reconstruction
Task Force: US Department of Commerce webpage concerning the reconstruction
in Iraq. One of the more comprehensive Iraqi reconstruction webpages maintained
by the US government.
US
State Department's webpage about Iraq, including links to sites about
reconstruction and humanitarian efforts. Other links provide access to
maps, photos, and archived materials.
Iraq
Update: US State Department Information Programs webpage about
the reconstruction of Iraq, including news reports, fact sheets, and other
public relations materials covering the reconstruction of Iraq.
USAID
webpage concerning its assistance to Iraq.
Iraqi
Ministry of Oil
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UNITED NATIONS
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Independent
Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-For-Food Program
UN
Security Council Committee 1518, the committee
responsible for the recovery of Iraqi frozen assets
and their return to the Development Fund for Iraq.
IRAQ:
Impact on Development in the ESCWA Region from the UN Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia
United
Nations Children's Fund webpage providing information about UNICEF's
efforts to provide relief for children in Iraq. Site includes news, progress
reports and photos.
Iraq
Emergency: United Nations Refugee Agency webpage providing information
about UNHCR's efforts to resettle 500,000 Iraqi refugees.
United
Nations World Food Program's Iraq Crisis webpage. Site provides updates
and background information on WFP's humanitarian operations in the Iraqi
region: includes daily press briefings, latest galleries, regional contacts
and country briefs.
United Nations Development
Program's Post-Conflict Iraq webpage. Site includes assessments of
humanitarian needs and outlines projects to provide aid.
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the UN webpage addressing major deficiencies
and emergencies in Iraqi agriculture and food production.
United
Nations News Service web site providing information about the UN's
activities in the Middle East, including UN work in Iraq.
United
Nations peacekeeping home page provides links to past and present
peacekeeping operations in Iraq and elsewhere.
United
Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
page concerning work in Arab states to improve
the quality of women's lives.
United
Nations Environment Program webpage providing post-conflict reports
about the state of the Iraqi environment and wetlands, including maps,
reports, internet links, and assessments of ecological damage.
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) webpage,
providing information about UNESCO's work in Iraq to restore educational
services, etc. This site provides fact sheets, news, and analysis of the
conflict and its effects on education and society.
United
Nations Mine Action Service webpage concerning
land mines and explosive and unexploded ordinance
(UXO) in Iraq.
United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) webpage, providing information about
UNFPA aid for Iraqi women and other population-related issues.
United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs webpage,
which provides non-partisan reports on humanitarian relief efforts in
crisis countries, including Iraq.
United Nations Offices
for Project Services webpage, providing information about UN efforts
to organize and implement projects to rebuild infrastructure.
United Nations
Humanitarian Information Center for Iraq. Includes database of all
NGO's working in Iraq, an assessment database for aid groups in Iraq,
maps, meeting schedules, coordination efforts, pictures, and news from
the field. One of the most comprehensive aid sites on the internet.
United
Nations webpage concerning the UN Office for the Iraq Programs, including
information about the Oil for Food program in Iraq, the Development Fund
for Iraq created by UN resolution 1483, as well as information about goods,
contracts, and procedures for groups involved in reconstruction.
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NGOs AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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Civic Worldwide, the campaign for innocent victims in conflict.
Jubilee Iraq website, featuring information on Iraqi debt.
Future of Iraq Portal, an extensive collection of links to Iraq on the web.
Education
for Peace in Iraq Center website, providing
information on EPIC's work on behalf of the people of Iraq.
Reconstructing Iraq: A Guide to the Issues,
a publication from the Open Society Institute
and the United Nations Foundation, considers the
implications of UN Resolution 1483 from political,
economic, social, and historical perspectives.
It provides concise background information on
recent post-war reconstruction efforts in other
nations as well as on the unique challenges presented
by Iraq.
World Health Organization's Health
Situation in Iraq webpage, including information about the WHO's efforts
to provide health care and combat communicable diseases in Iraq.
Crisis
in Iraq: Amnesty International webpage concerning the rebuilding in
Iraq with respect to human rights. Site provides news updates, action
plans, and multi-media presentations about post-war Iraq.
Save
the Children (US) webpage outlining its
humanitarian response and fund raising efforts
with regard to the Crisis in Iraq.
Save
the Children (UK) webpage providing information about the actions
of Britain's largest aid agency in Iraq, where almost half the population
is under the age of 18.
Mercy
Corps webpage with information about humanitarian efforts in Iraq,
including information about Mercy's efforts to secure food, clean water,
improved sanitation, shelter, and primary health care for people in Iraq.
International
Committee of the Red Cross webpage. Here you can find links to children's
services, humanitarian efforts, human rights and more.
Oxfam's Iraq
Crisis webpage. Site contains information
about Oxfam's comprehensive humanitarian efforts,
as well as photos, news and commentary about the
rebuilding of Iraq.
Rebuilding
Iraq: CARE's webpage concerning the NGO's relief activities in Iraq:
health, hunger, and poverty aid since 1991.
Catholic
Relief Services webpage providing information about CRS aid to children,
pregnant women, the aged, handicapped, and very needy.
Assistance
Continued: World Vision webpage concerning humanitarian aid to children,
rehabilitation of health centers, and managing the flow of internally
displaced persons in Iraq.
The International
Rescue Committee webpage concerning humanitarian aid, including the
restoration of clean water and basic health care, in Iraq.
Medicins
Sans Frontieres webpage concerning MSF's efforts to provide primary
health care in Iraq.
International Medical Corps webpage concerning IMC's efforts to provide
primary health care in Iraq.
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NEWS AND RESOURCES ON RECONSTRUCTION
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iraqieconomy.org is a collection of publicly available information relating to the Iraqi economy.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting's Iraq department.
Informed Comment features news and analysis from Middle East expert Juan Cole.
Spoils
of War: NPR Marketplace website on finances
in Iraq
Iraq Occupation
Watch: monitoring the impact of the "military and economic occupation
of Iraq."
A
fairly comprehensive site that monitors the reconstruction of Iraq,
run by Development Gateway. DG's main focus is on providing information
about sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Relief
Web's site providing news about the reconstruction efforts in Iraq,
as well as updates regarding various UN agencies operating in Iraq.
InterAction
webpage, which includes names and addresses of groups providing aid
in Iraq.
PetroPulse: monitoring the the impact of oil on everyday life. |
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CSIS: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq
December 2007 report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies assessing the U.S. Defense Departments latest report on Iraq. The CSIS report cites "strong indicators that the glass has gone from one that was mostly empty to one that is at least half full," but adds that the military assessment "scarcely describes a stable or secure Iraq and it indicates that the Iraq War still presents a high risk of failure."
IMF Review (August, 2007) 
Report on Iraq’s economic situation, the effects of deteriorations in security, and progress on strengthening macroeconomic and structural reforms, based on IMF meetings with Iraqi officials and analysis by the IMF staff and Executive Board.
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