30. Of the US $18.4 billion in US Congress funds allocated for Iraq’s infrastructure, at the time of writing the PMO had spent only US $1.93 billion (or 10.5 per cent) on actual projects under construction. See PMO, Pentagon Backgrounder, 24 May 2004, www. rebuilding-iraq.net/pdf/pmo_update_brief_24_may_04.pdf 31. Iraqis do not read many newspapers and those who do say they do not trust them. See Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies, The Results of the Third Public Opinion Poll in Iraq, 23 October 2003. Some initiatives have been taken to bolster Iraqi media in holding politicians more accountable. For example, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting supports a dynamic training programme for Iraqi journalists to report, among other issues, on corruption. See www.iwpr.net/iraq_index1.html 32. Some general principles designed for oil revenue management could directly feed into such a debate. See www.publishwhatyoupay.org
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