Official Opening

Harvey. Michael. "USAID's Role in the Development of Iraq's Banking Sector". April 2007.

Vohra, Baljit. "The Future of Banking". April 2007.

Weygandt, Daniel. "The Economic Partnership between Iraq and the United States". April 2007.

Keynote Address

Jared, Jack. "Latest Trends in the Payments Industry and their Impact on Transitional Economies". April 2007.

Plenary Session 1

Arestis, Philip and Sawyer, Malcolm C. "Can Monetary Policy Affect the Real Economy?" September 2002. Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 355. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=335620 or DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.335620 

Central Bank of Iraq. "Explanation to Banks of New Monetary Policy Instruments".

Coats, Warren. "The Role of the Central Bank of Iraq in Implementing Monetary Policy".  April 2007.

Vohra, Baljit. "Developing an Integrated Financial Market Strategy". May 2004.

Plenary Session 2

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.  "Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision".  September 1997. Online. Available: http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs30a.htm

BearingPoint. "Concepts of Prudential Supervision". April 2007.

Central Bank of Iraq.  “Instructions to Banks Regarding Credit Portfolio”.

Frederic S. Mishkin.  "Prudential Supervision: Why Is It Important and What Are the Issues?". NBER Working Paper Series: Working Paper No. 7926. September 2000.   Available: http://www.nber.org/papers/w7926.

Plenary Session 3

Al-Hillawi, Mudher.  “Private Banks in Iraq – The Way Forward” (in Arabic). April 2007.

Al-Handhal, Wadie Noori.  “Private Banks in Iraq”.  April 2007.  English version.  Arabic version.

Munro, David.  “Private Banks in Iraq 2006”. November 2007 (Revised March 2007).

Plenary Session 4

Shaker, Fouad. "Recent Developments in Arab Banking". April 2007.

Plenary Session 5

Munro, David. "Overview of the Iraqi Banking System: The State-Owned Banks”. November 2003 (Revised March 2007).

El-Daher, Samir et al. “Iraq - United Nations/World Bank Joint Needs Assessment: Financial Sector.” Working Paper. October 2003. Online. Available: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/

Plenary Session 6

August, Chris. “SME Lending”. April 2007.

Garjis, Hikmat. Letter to IZDIHAR Chief of Party from Hikmat Garjis, CEO of Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank, regarding SME lending. March 26, 2007.

Iraqi Company for Bank Guarantees Brochure.  English  Arabic

Munro, David . “SME Lending". April 2007.

Munro, David. “Establishing an SME Lending Unit.” April 2007.

Plenary Session 7

Mohammed, Mudher and Ghelan, Bader.  "Toward a Micro-Finance Programme for Small Enterprises". October 2003. Available: www.cbiraq.org/cbs8.htm

USAID Iraq IZDIHAR Project. "The Iraq Microfinance Strategy". February 2007.

Breakout Session 1

Al-Haimus, Faisal. “Islamic Banking Product Development and Iraq”. April 2007.

Russ, Pat. "Customer Relationship Management in Retail Banking". EDS Viewpoint Paper. 16 October 2006. Online. Available: http://www.eds.com/services/whitepapers/downloads/crm_banking.pdf

Benaissa, Nasr-Eddine; Parekh, Mayank P; and Wiegand, Michael. “A Growth Model for Islamic Banking”. The McKinsey Quarterly, October 2005. Online. Available: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract_visitor.aspx?ar=1694

Platt, Gordon. "Murabahah Goes Mainstream”. Global Finance February 2007:358. Online. Available: http://www.gfmag.com/index.php?idPage=358. 

SanBoeuf, Larry. “Mobile Banking Services: Reaching the Under- and Un-Banked”. November 2006.

Breakout Session 2

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems. “General Guidance National Payment System Development". CPSS Publications No. 70. January 2006. Online. Available: http://www.bis.org/publ/cpss70.htm

Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems. “The Role of Central Bank Money in Payment Systems”. CPSS Publications No. 55. August 2003. Online. Available: http://www.bis.org/publ/cpss55.htm

Montran. “The Improvement of International and Domestic Wire Transfer Systems: Leveraging the Iraq Payment Systems Infrastructure to Deliver Customer Benefits and Secure Payments in Iraq”. April 2007.

Breakout Session 3

Salman, Faleh D. Presentation (Arabic).

Ruder, Cliff and Munro, David. “Financial Services Institution". IZDIHAR Concept Paper. March 2006.

USAID Izdihar/ICBG. "Iraq Company for Bank Guarantees (ICBG) Proposed Training Program through 2008" (English).

USAID Izdihar/ICBG. "Iraq Company for Bank Guarantees (ICBG) Training Results" (Arabic).

USAID Izdihar Project. "Training Courses 2006 - SME Development/Bank Lending" (English).

USAID Izdihar Project. "Training Courses 2006 - SME Development/Bank Lending". (Arabic)

USAID Izdihar Project. "Training Courses 2007 - SME Development/Bank Lending".  (English)

Breakout Session 4

Al-Saa’di, Abdul R. “Corporate Disclosure in the Iraqi Securities Market”. February 2006.

Al-Saa’di, Abdul R. Presentation. April 2007.

“Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Core Principles Methodology, Principle 22:  Accounting and Disclosure”. (Reference document: Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Enhancing Bank Transparency, Available: http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs41.htm )

Central Bank of Iraq.  “Instructions to Banks Regarding Credit Portfolio”.

Viernum, Robert. “Core Principles Methodology”. October 2006.

Viernum, Robert. “Review of the Board of Supreme Auditors of the Republic of Iraq Competencies in the Professions of Accountant and Auditing”. June 2004.

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