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Planning: the unemployment rate 16 and 11 percent poverty
04/06/2012 2:11
BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
said the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, Sunday, that the rate of unemployment in the country amounted to about 16 percent, and poverty, about 11 percent, while she noted that it intends to contract with foreign companies to inspect the goods at border crossing points.
said Planning Minister Ali Yousef Shukri said in a statement reported by Agence «Alsumaria News», on the sidelines of a visit to the city of Karbala yesterday that «The ministry's statistics indicate that unemployment rate in Iraqi society amounted to 16 percent», indicating that «the level of poverty was about 11 percent». He added that «poverty and unemployment rates in the country stepped downward with the improvement of the national income and the space of investment and construction projects and service », adding that« create new job opportunities through these projects inevitably leads to reduced rates of poverty and unemployment ».
On the other hand, revealed Shukri for the determination of his ministry «contracting with foreign companies, new specialized examination of goods at the border gates », stressing that he was« cancel contracts with a number of companies as they waited their work and we are going with new companies within weeks ».
He noted Shukri, that «the Ministry of Planning prepare a list of companies lagging in the implementation of service projects and construction, which contracted with State implemented across the country », he said, adding that« in response to the decision of the prime minister recently released, you will not transmit any project the company reluctant ».
He Shukri said his ministry would not only b »to punish these companies, but will put a database of names of the directors and heads of boards of directors of those companies will not agree to refer any project to run these companies ».
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