High rates of poverty in Iraq to 22.5%

[yota691]

High rates of poverty in Iraq to 22.5%

03:08: 08/20/2015

 

Khandan - confirmed the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, on Thursday, widening poverty area in the country, noting that the rate reached 22.5% last year, an increase of 5.5% for 2013. A spokesman for the Ministry of Planning Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi, said that "the ministry today launched indicators new poverty Iraq ratios, which indicated that the poverty rate rose to 22.5% in 2014 after it was 17% in 2013, "noting that the reason for the high incidence of poverty due to the decline in global oil prices, and the control of the organization" Daash "terrorist on a number of areas. According to al-Hindawi, the highest poverty rate reached 41% in the occupied territories by "Daash", and 31% in the southern provinces, Diyala and Kirkuk, and 17% in the central provinces (Karbala, Najaf and Diwaniyah and Babil, Wasit), and 12.5% ​​in the capital, Baghdad, and 12 % in the provinces of the region. He Hindawi that the poverty rate among the displaced people reached 36%, and expected reduction in this percentage this year after the reforms implemented by the government and approved by parliament recently package, as well as liberalization of some areas from the control of the organization "Daash" terrorist. (AA)

 

[docneedles]

U.N. census report this week reported 3 million refugees in Iraq. I also read last week that 80% of young people (if memory serves me it was 18 to 25 year olds) have left the country in pursuit of employment and education elsewhere. I would as well.  Iraq waited too long to implement the new infrastructure and now oil in the $40's a barrel. I personally know  a 20 year old girl who lives in the U.S., has a U.S. boyfriend and is going to stay here and send $ back to family. I always thought it was a gutsy move to move to a foreign country at the age of 18. 

[Dinarian64]

This is ridiculous - why are there ANY poor people on Iraq?!

Corruption stinks

[docneedles]

This is ridiculous - why are there ANY poor people on Iraq?!

Corruption stinks

War, NO jobs, not enough electricity or water and 3 million refugees. Ex., since the war, they still import wheat. However in 2017, it is anticipated they will export wheat.

 

Dinarian64, just because they have resources in the ground doesn't mean the people have jobs.

[davis411]

U.N. census report this week reported 3 million refugees in Iraq. I also read last week that 80% of young people (if memory serves me it was 18 to 25 year olds) have left the country in pursuit of employment and education elsewhere. I would as well.  Iraq waited too long to implement the new infrastructure and now oil in the $40's a barrel. I personally know  a 20 year old girl who lives in the U.S., has a U.S. boyfriend and is going to stay here and send $ back to family. I always thought it was a gutsy move to move to a foreign country at the age of 18. 

so does she have insight on the currency and what may happen

just wondering

[docneedles]

so does she have insight on the currency and what may happen

just wondering

nothing positive. She is pretty sad about what has happened to her country. 

[davis411]

yes but hopefully one day, she maybe can be happy with the turn around of her country,

[docneedles]

Davis,

The middle east people i know all are in agreement, including the girl i was speaking about.  2011 they were optimistic and hopeful that Iraq would come back. (but still laughed at me when i asked about the dinar)   In the last 2 years, when i ask what do you think, i get head shaking and i don't know if Iraq will recover.  (i just asked 2 weeks ago) They say there is so much corruption and conditions are bad over there. 

 

Personally, I still believe but not soon.

[davis411]

i believe, time i have no idea, but from what i have seen and learned over the years, every country has corruption and yes even bad

conditions, 

i think just some countries are alot better at hiding the truth, and hiding the conditions, but they are out there,

may god look after all of us in this tiny little world, 

 

davis

[gymrat76541]

Welcome to planet earth - MOST countries in the world have lots of poverty and rich. No middle class. If this is news to you, get a passport and travel around a little bit.

 

Even with Obummer & our political, economic nightmares - America is still a great country!

[sandfly]

THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR IRAQ

[yota691]

Parliamentary work: poverty rates will fall

Author: Publisheron:

 

August 22, 2015

In: economyViews: 16 views

BAGHDAD / Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) - the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs said that the work of the new work, which was approved by Parliament last week, the law will lead to lower unemployment rates that have been rising due to the country's security and economic situation.

The Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation last Thursday's high rates of poverty in Iraq to 22.5%, up 5.5% from 2013, attributed the reason to the battles that take place in many areas and the loss of thousands of jobs.

The head of the Committee for honest we hinted (IMN) "The high rates of unemployment in Iraq is to be expected because of the security escalation located in three provinces and the loss of employees their jobs and workers to their jobs and the presence of more than three million people displaced by the Daash terrorist gangs".

The ordeal and said that "the new labor law, as well as a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour Affairs unanimous to expand covered by the salaries of social care, will have a significant impact on poverty reduction," adding that "social welfare allocations aimed at citizens below the poverty line."

The House of Representatives approved last week a new labor law which put workers in the private sector systems and within their financial rights.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in 2005, the application of the social safety net program, which grants subsidies to segments of the disabled, widows, orphans and divorced and unemployed.

From: Haider al-Tamimi, editor: Mushtaq Feeli

[yota691]

Minister of Labour and review with the representative of the World Bank procedures for implementation of the new Law on Social Protection

23/08/2015

 

 

(Independent) .. Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mohammed Shia 'Al Sudani said the ministry begins to reform the social protection system before being claimed by the public to achieve the optimum targeting poor families and due to the subsidy of social protection.

Sudanese confirmed at a meeting with representative of the World Bank adviser Ramzi Naaman that social justice is the demand of head of everyone in the distribution of wealth and the rights of all classes of people, pointing out that the poverty rate in Iraq has increased after the June 2014 events and the displacement of more than colored and a half million families.

He explained that the ministry has implemented a social protection project in accordance with the road map agreed upon with the World Bank experts in Istanbul, despite the security and political challenges that accompanied the implementation of this project, noting that the ministry has implemented the project, within the resources available and functional staffs that have until obtaining contracts with specialized researchers to scan field for all provinces except the hot ones.

He said the Sudanese that the survey process has reached 60 percent and was a supplementary search for a month or more to cover all families beneficiaries and due to the subsidy of social protection, noting that social protection body received all the state institutions data as well as the retirement body and conducted a crossover of information managed through sort a lot of squatters on network protection and recovery of amounts retroactively to add it within the social protection revenues.

He stressed that the media campaign is still going on in spreading the culture of social protection and community awareness components within groups owed poverty set by the Ministry of Planning and which are targeting line.

He said the bigger the responsibility of the ministry section in the area of ​​social protection has been achieved after the introduction of forms of field research in the database in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning, adding that the ministry has provided all ways and means to accomplish the database through the opening of two centers for the introduction of hiring staff and the use of modern devices in the entry for Using the scanner that reduced great efforts in record time.

The minister pointed out that there are other challenges facing the project especially with regard to financial dues and has briefed the Finance Committee in parliament the issue of social protection allocations and what it takes to provide the financial revenues of the Fund, noting that the Council of Ministers pending the survey is completed to determine the third and fourth installment, which will be subsidies exchange where according to the new peace.

The minister also discussed other topics related to the search field of inclusiveness and procedures were agreed to cooperate on the establishment of workshops and training sessions to develop the capabilities and skills of social workers.

[unirod]

According to a posted article today, over 624 Billion USD in oil sales is unaccounted for since 2003. Iraq's economy was exported long ago because of corruption. Can any of us even fathom just how much 1 billion USD is and what it can do for productive reasons? There should be NO poverty in Iraq! Life is good for a corrupt Iraqi ...IMO

[Laid Back]

Corrupted politicians stole all the money.

They don't care about the people or the country

[Dinarian64]

War, NO jobs, not enough electricity or water and 3 million refugees. Ex., since the war, they still import wheat. However in 2017, it is anticipated they will export wheat.

Dinarian64, just because they have resources in the ground doesn't mean the people have jobs.

I understand. I just find it atrocious with all the money they are making to have anyone poor.similarly here in the US