Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR): Joint Survey of the U.S. Embassy Iraq’s Anticorruption Program (33 pages, PDF), July 28, 2006.
“Corruption in Iraq siphons resources from needed government services and reduces the willingness of international investors to invest in Iraq. It has been identified as a major barrier to establishing citizens’ trust and confidence in their government and to improving economic growth and prosperity. Unless reforms are put in place, corruption may jeopardize the political stability of the new government. The U.S. Embassy-Iraq has identified assisting the Iraqi government in its efforts to reduce corruption as one of its highest priorities.”
