According to <i>Al-Zzaman</i> newspaper, Mehdi Al Hafedh, the Iraqi Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, estimates at 121 the ongoing projects based on the Iraq Rebuilding Strategy Authority. The total costs of these projects amount to $1.8 billion, according to the minister.
He classified these projects as follows: 20 electricity projects, 24 public work projects, 11 education projects, 9 development projects in Baghdad, 8 development cooperation projects, 8 environmental projects, 6 health projects, 6 agriculture projects, 5 water projects, 4 housing projects, 3 higher education projects, 3 labor and social projects, 3 industrial projects, 10 transport projects and others.
