Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Learn this term, NOW: Ministry advisory teams. "GEN. CALDWELL: Bobby, obviously we've got what we call ministry advisory teams that work with the ministries to help them think through some of these challenges and issues. Price liberalization is a key aspect. Part of the World Bank's requirements, as they move on for their monetary fiscal responsibility they have to establish here in this country, and they have certain gates where they're supposed to be going through the liberalization of gas prices. They haven't always been well-announced in advance, which leaves people to believe sometimes it's a last-minute decision, but it's not at all. You can actually lay that out and see when that should be occurring by what they had -- they, the Iraqi government, had worked out with the World Bank and others." (thanks T.A.)