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Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

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Figure 16. Exchange rateID/USD.Regime Financeand ProcurementAccording to the HDI, an <strong>Iraq</strong>i born in 1987 couldexpect to live 65 years while citizens in borderingJordan had a life expectancy of 67 years. By 1998an <strong>Iraq</strong>i was expected to live only 63.8 years whilea Jordanian saw an increase in life expectancy70.4 years in 1998. Compared to Jordan, where theliteracy rate rose from 75 percent in 1985 to 88.6percent in 1998, <strong>Iraq</strong>’s had dropped from 89 percentto 73.5 percent. In 1990, <strong>Iraq</strong> ranked three placesabove Jordan on the HDI. In 2000, <strong>Iraq</strong> placed 34below Jordan.215

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