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World Council Begins Laying Groundwork For Credit Union Role In Rebuilding Iraq.(Brief Article)

By Freeman, Lisa
Publication: Credit Union Journal
Date: Monday, April 21 2003

The World Council of Credit Unions is working with Iraqi-Americans to discuss how credit unions could be part of the rebuilding of that country.

Because the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and similar organizations have yet to announce plans to provide financial assistance to Iraq, much less allocated specific dollar amounts to that end, WOCCU said any proposal to seed a credit union movement in Iraq or other means by which the world's CUs might be able to assist the war- torn country are still very much in the air.

"We are anticipatin

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