1. GENERAL COUNTRY INFORMATION
1.1. Geography and climate.
1.2. History.
1.3. Population.
1.4. Religion, ethnic groups and local customs.

2. THE ECONOMY
2.1. The sanctions regime, oil for food programme.
2.2. General indicators; the state of the economy.
2.3. The debt problem.
2.4. Inflation, cost of living and currency.
2.5. Small and medium size enterprises.
2.6. The insurance and reinsurance industry.
2.7. Trade; import v. export and free zone agreements.
2.8. (The case for Iraqi Kurdistan).

3. OIL, GAS AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES
3.1. History and reserves.
3.2. The state of producing wells.
3.3. New discoveries and future explorations.
3.4. The refining industry.
3.5. The gas industry.
3.6. Other mineral resources.

4. INDUSTRY
4.1. Status co.
4.2. The construction materials industry.
4.3. Other heavy industries.
4.4. Light industries.

5. RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
5.1. Climate, soil and land use.
5.2. Agriculture, fisheries and livestock.
5.3. Transport and telecommunications.
5.4. Electricity.
5.5. Water and sanitation.
5.6. Service industries.
5.7. Tourism and cultural activities.

6. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
6.1. Population and social development.
6.2. Education.
6.3. Human resources and labour force/Iraqi expatriates.
6.4. The health sector.

7. BANKING AND FINANCIAL SECTOR
7.1. The central bank of Iraq.
7.2. Commercial banks.
7.3. Private v. public banking sector.
7.4. The Baghdad Stock Exchange.
7.5. Banking regulations/recent changes.
7.6. The ascent of Islamic Banking.

8. DOMESTIC BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
8.1. Labour relations and social security.
8.2. Taxation.
8.3. Privatization.

9. FOREIGN TRADE
9.1. USA.
9.2. EU.
9.3. GCC.
9.4. Other Arab countries.
9.5. Rest of the world.

10. LEGAL SYSTEM
10.1. Civil and commercial laws.