The International Resources Group is an international professional services

Professional services

Professional services is an industry of infrequent, technical, or unique functions performed by independent contractors or by consultants whose occupation is the rendering of such services....

 firm that is a contractor to governments and international organizations, primarily in the Third World

Third World

The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...

 and crisis zones.

Since its inception in 1978, IRG has completed over 600 contracts in more than 120 countries.

IRG was one of the first firms given contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, winning a $7 million contract from the U.S. government through USAID.http://www.dawn.com/2003/04/16/int15.htm IRG has also provided development assistance in Liberia

Liberia

Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011600996_pf.html Other contracts have been in places such as Aceh

Aceh

Aceh is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Daerah Istimewa Aceh , Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam and Aceh . Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/14/news/indonesia.php and Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

.http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/05/29/afghan-laws-usat.htm