An improving economy in 1997—
due in part to the OFF Program—and better management at MIC led to improvement in the chemical industry, especially in production output. MIC and companies within other Ministries continued to develop, expand, and renovate the chemical infrastructure, and by 2001, Iraq believed it had proven its ability to
defy sanctions and revive itself, according to an Iraqi economics media report.
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