To help Iraq stabilize its economy and restructure its massive debt, the IMF in late September approved 36.3 million in Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance. This financing lends support to prudent monetary and fiscal policies and is designed to bolster institutional capacity and potentially lay the basis for a more ambitious economic program later next year. Two senior staff in the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department-Lorenzo Perez, Senior Advisor, and Adam Bennett, Division Chief-talk with Sheila Meehan of the IMF Survey about Iraq's economic prospects and the IMF's recently released staff report.

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