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Government announces a slight decline in the poverty rate in the country
Baghdad / term
Announced that the Supreme Committee of the policies of poverty alleviation of the Council of Ministers, on Tuesday, all for slightly lower rate of poverty in Iraq, noting that the ratio fell to 18.9% in 2012 after it had been 22.9% in 2007, while confirming the increase in the average per capita spending monthly in Iraq of 146 thousand dinars in 2007 to 247 thousand dinars in 2012 an increase of close to 70%.
committee said in a statement issued on the sidelines of celebration for the launch of the results of measuring poverty, organized at the guesthouse prime minister said that "the results showed for a slight decline in the poverty rate in Iraq, where was 22.9% in 2007 and dropped to 18.9% in 2012. "
The statement pointed out that "Based on what excreted by the results, the average per capita spending monthly in Iraq rose from 146 thousand dinars in 2007 to 247 thousand dinars in 2012 an increase of close to 70%," pointing out that it means that "the family in Iraq that the average size to 6.7 individuals spend a month 1.805 million dinars at the present time on goods and services, including rent, real or estimated for families who have housing units."
The statement pointed out that "the measurement results showed that the line Poverty in Iraq rose from 77 thousand dinars per month in 2007 to 106 thousand dinars in 2012, "explaining that" the results did not show a clear decrease in the level of poverty gap which refers to the proportion of poor families far from the poverty line. " The statement noted that "the poverty gap ratio decreased from 4.5% in 2007 to 4.1% in 2012," asserting that "the severity of poverty, although generally low, but it is the other did not experience a decline is noteworthy, though the decline was in the countryside more pronounced."
show Tables statement that the rate of extreme poverty (square poverty gap) has not seen a change between 2007 and 2012 in urban areas, but has seen a decline of 0.4 in rural areas during these two years.
Regarding comparing indicators of poverty in the provinces between 2007 and 2012, the statement noted that the "The results of the measurement point to obtain a significant improvement in the provinces of Diyala, Babil, Karbala, Salah al-Din, Najaf, Basra," noting that "the presence of a slight improvement in the governorates of Dahuk, Sulaymaniyah, Anbar, Wasit."
said the statement that "the provinces that did not change the proportion of Poverty dramatically between 2007 and 2012 are the Kirkuk, Erbil, Baghdad, "he said, adding" the decline of living standards by increasing the proportion of poverty in the provinces of Nineveh, Qadisiyah, Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan. "
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Government announces a slight decline in the poverty rate in the country
Baghdad / term
Announced that the Supreme Committee of the policies of poverty alleviation of the Council of Ministers, on Tuesday, all for slightly lower rate of poverty in Iraq, noting that the ratio fell to 18.9% in 2012 after it had been 22.9% in 2007, while confirming the increase in the average per capita spending monthly in Iraq of 146 thousand dinars in 2007 to 247 thousand dinars in 2012 an increase of close to 70%.
committee said in a statement issued on the sidelines of celebration for the launch of the results of measuring poverty, organized at the guesthouse prime minister said that "the results showed for a slight decline in the poverty rate in Iraq, where was 22.9% in 2007 and dropped to 18.9% in 2012. "
The statement pointed out that "Based on what excreted by the results, the average per capita spending monthly in Iraq rose from 146 thousand dinars in 2007 to 247 thousand dinars in 2012 an increase of close to 70%," pointing out that it means that "the family in Iraq that the average size to 6.7 individuals spend a month 1.805 million dinars at the present time on goods and services, including rent, real or estimated for families who have housing units."
The statement pointed out that "the measurement results showed that the line Poverty in Iraq rose from 77 thousand dinars per month in 2007 to 106 thousand dinars in 2012, "explaining that" the results did not show a clear decrease in the level of poverty gap which refers to the proportion of poor families far from the poverty line. " The statement noted that "the poverty gap ratio decreased from 4.5% in 2007 to 4.1% in 2012," asserting that "the severity of poverty, although generally low, but it is the other did not experience a decline is noteworthy, though the decline was in the countryside more pronounced."
show Tables statement that the rate of extreme poverty (square poverty gap) has not seen a change between 2007 and 2012 in urban areas, but has seen a decline of 0.4 in rural areas during these two years.
Regarding comparing indicators of poverty in the provinces between 2007 and 2012, the statement noted that the "The results of the measurement point to obtain a significant improvement in the provinces of Diyala, Babil, Karbala, Salah al-Din, Najaf, Basra," noting that "the presence of a slight improvement in the governorates of Dahuk, Sulaymaniyah, Anbar, Wasit."
said the statement that "the provinces that did not change the proportion of Poverty dramatically between 2007 and 2012 are the Kirkuk, Erbil, Baghdad, "he said, adding" the decline of living standards by increasing the proportion of poverty in the provinces of Nineveh, Qadisiyah, Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan. "
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