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Kurdistan is peaceful and the economy is booming at the rate of 11 percent a year.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
according to the washington post Kurdistan is a democracy, though an imperfect one; the territory is peaceful and the economy is booming at the rate of 100% a year.
Foreign investors are pouring though gleaming new airports to invest, especially in Kurdish-controlled oil fields. Exxon, Chevron, Gazprom and Total are among the multinationals to sign deals with the regional government. A new pipeline from Kurdistan to Turkey could allow exports to soar to 1 million barrels a day within a couple of years.
There was one university for the region’s 5.2 million people a decade ago; now there are 30. “Our people,” says Hussein, the chief of staff to President Massoud Barzani, “did quite good.”