The International Monetary Fund and its Role in the Formation of Fixed Capital in Iraq

This research aims to demonstrate the role played by the International Monetary Fund in the economies of the world countries in general and Iraq in particular, as the International Monetary Fund affects a number of development indicators, especially in Iraq, through the loans and financial credits provided by the Fund, especially the fixed capital formation indicator. The research focuses on analyzing the role of outstanding loans and the total fixed capital formation, as it becomes clear that the formation of fixed capital is positively affected by the loans and financial aid provided by the IMF, because Iraq has gone through major challenges, especially after 2003, the most important of which is its increasing dependence on the oil sector, i.e. a single sector, any fluctuations in which lead to deficits and problems that lead Iraq to external borrowing. Therefore, the International Monetary Fund has a role in the economic development path, especially in the fixed capital formation indicator for Iraq for the period 2004-2022. The deductive approach was used in the research to determine the role played by the International Monetary Fund towards the formation of fixed capital in Iraq. The research reached the most important conclusions, the International Monetary Fund contributes to the formation of fixed capital in Iraq through some loans with The relationship, if used in investment aspects that contribute to increasing the formation of fixed capital in Iraq, as it provided loans and financial facilities, in addition to the fact that it presented a number of recommendations, the most important of which is the need to diversify the sources that enter the Iraqi budget annually and not rely on oil revenues alone.