Central considers a few ... Planning allocated 476 billion dinars for the alleviation of poverty
07-04-2012 12:00 PM
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Revealed the Ministry of Planning for the allocation of 476 billion dinars for the implementation of the poverty alleviation in the country during the current year through several projects carried out by including the elimination of unemployment. As well as on the implementation of strategic projects for the advancement of education and health through the development of high-level plan. at the same time considered the central bank these customizations small proportion of the poor in the country. A spokesman for the Ministry of Planning Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi told the (range): These assignments are carried out within the framework of reduce poverty in the country, indicating that the early years and the second of the plan not allocated funds for the budget were not qualified to implement the strategies set out. He Hindawi: that national strategies are working on the plan is to improve the level of health for the poor, building houses and low cost to them in addition to improving education and the removal of Schools mud in some provinces as well as improve the level of social protection network. He Hindawi: The poverty rate in Iraq exceeded the seven million people live below the poverty line, expecting to eliminate 30% of the volume of poverty over four years. and Hindawi, the projects will focus on the provinces at least the poorest in the country and that do not contain strategic projects head through the budget in 2012. explaining that the province of Muthanna, the most poorest, followed by Diwaniya and Salahuddin and Dhi Qar. and noted that the Ministry has started the implementation of the survey of social and economic of the country will continue over the full year because the rate of poverty that have been identified appeared in 2007, what might happen change the proportions, indicating that the survey carried out by taking a random sample of all the provinces. and called on Iraqi families to cooperate with researchers to get to the true proportion of poverty in the country. For his part, Vice Governor of the Central Bank of the allocations of the Ministry of Planning to reduce the plan Poverty in Iraq a few percentage of the poor in the country. Saleh said: that this ratio can not eliminate the manifestations of poverty, full viewing it as a first step to tackling poverty exists and that an estimated 23% of the total population of Iraq, noting that this expenditure investment in terms of job creation because the causes of poverty is unemployment, adding to the Ministry of Planning be directed investment into areas of operation to enable the economy to discharge properly, pointing out that the social issues of the duties of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Saleh continued: that these amounts should be available objects of correct Fezla the need for effective control to see ratio results from this plan. He pointed to the need to speed up a census of which you know the true proportion of poverty in the country, noting that the priorities of the plan. The specialized reports had said that the rate of poverty in the country close to the 40% barrier. The number of poor in rural areas more than cities. and that the poor in rural areas make up 39% while 16% are in cities. And 13% of them in Baghdad alone, and 11% in Basra, at the level of the rural rate is even higher in the provinces of Muthanna to 75% and Babylon to 61%, Wasit to 60%. " The Central Bureau of Statistics of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, said that there are seven million Iraqis living below the poverty line and that is the poorest province of Muthanna, between the cities of Iraq during the past year, and the poverty rate of 49%, followed by the province of Babylon, and the poverty rate is 41%, and Salah ad Din province has reached the poverty rate is 40%
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