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Fieldnotes from Baghdad

Sunirmal K Ray, a senior international consultant in enterprise development, has so far spent close to six years working in conflict economy countries of Asia. During his stints he has seen the socio-political environment of these countries change under the influence of many forces with new normal, forms and work culture emerging.  Here, in this [...]

A Small Support Changed Arkan’s Life

Iraq has a large number of widows, due to years of war, who find it difficult to earn their livelihood especially after US occupation in 2003. Women empowerment is the need of the hour in this conflict economy country. Over 3 million Iraqis have fled the country due to poor security situation and many widows [...]

Abu Ghraib – Hope Rekindled?

In 2004, Abu Ghraib, an agro based region in the outskirts of Baghdad came into world attention for all the wrong reasons of human rights abuse. Thereafter, in an attempt to correct the aftermath, development agencies had been trying hard to rebuild the economic base and restore people’s confidence.  
Sunirmal K Ray, a senior international [...]