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Political and economic disarray behind the decline in the country in the Human Development Report
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Attributed specialists in economic affairs absence of systematic planning and continued because of the political and economic confusion prompted a decline in the country in the list of the Human Development Report issued by the United Nations.
The Human Development Report for 2013 issued by the United Nations, Iraq within the level of the third Arab Human Development of the four levels.
The economist said Ali Fukaiki "The public budget allocations given to the education sector, higher education and health are very few where not commensurate with the size of the actual need for these important sectors," noting most Arab states with the present, such as Syria, Egypt and Jordan allocate more than 10% of their budgets to human development sectors What makes a positive difference in those states to jump to higher levels of traveling in Iraq.
He recent Fukaiki the extent that "lack of attention to assignments for education and health in the budget as well as not to encourage the private sector prevented accelerate initiatives advancing human development in Iraq.
For its part, explained a member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Nahida Daini that "political and economic confusion experienced by the country as well as the lack of long-term plans made of human development in the country at a low level.
Daini indicated in a statement to the extent that the "do not exist in the country's economic plans is at present depends on the ads that portray the country in cases of spring constant while the truth is different from the fact that the proportion of each of poverty and unemployment, and increased mortality," she said.
He pointed out that Iraq needs a long time to be in the framework of the developed countries on the grounds that he returned in the past few years back because of partisan quotas as well as the expulsion of competencies.
They pointed out that the reports that declares Iraq is always going to be a compliment to certain politicians, while external reporting bear logical study so that it does not work up to one another.
So said the Human Development Report 2013, "" that the Arab region has two in a high human development very two Qatar, UAE and eight countries in the group high human development are Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Lebanon, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia and six countries in the group of medium human development is Jordan and Palestine and Egypt, Syria, Morocco and Iraq, and only three countries in the low human development group are Yemen, Djibouti and Sudan. "
The report said, "The Arab region that can reap a great return of demographic transition opportunity if you convert the progress made in the field of education to job opportunities for youth."
The report added, "The inability to generate jobs fast enough still threatens باشتعال the economic and social tensions in the Arab region, after it had been one of the causes of the outbreak of the Arab Spring uprisings during the past two years."
The report covers more than 40 developing countries have made rapid gains in human development in the past years, thanks to the sustained public investment in education, health and social services, and engaging strategic global economy.
With regard to the Arab region, the report warned of the United Nations Development Programme, the "policies of austerity wrong, inequality and lack of participation of political will are three factors that could hinder the progress and increase unrest unless acceleration Arab governments to take urgent action."
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