Ali Al-Mawlawi

Ali Al-Mawlawi is an Iraqi research fellow at a Baghdad-based independent think tank, the Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform. Having spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, he returned to Iraq in 2008 where he has worked on democratic reform and transparency in the oil industry.

Measuring corruption in Iraq: between perceptions and reality

The findings of the Corruption Perceptions Index are widely anticipated by governments whose credibility is at stake. But are they always reliable?

By Ali Al-Mawlawi

/ 25 Oct 2010

The World, not just America, is responsible for Iraq

Iraq’s economic and humanitarian recovery cannot succeed so long as its political conundrums remain inadequately addressed by the international community.

By Ali Al-Mawlawi

/ 8 Sep 2010