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The Iraqi planning expects the poverty rate in the country to rise to 25 percent 2022-04-11 04:16 Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation expected, on Monday, that the poverty rate in the country would rise to 25 percent, while it considered that the adoption of the Food Security and Development Law would address this problem through financial allocations. Ministry spokesman Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi told Shafaq News Agency, "The ministry will soon start recording a new poverty survey in Iraq and stand on indicators of poverty in light of the current conditions, whether they are related to Covid 19 or the result of global food conditions." He added that "the last statistic of poverty rates in Iraq in 2019 before the pandemic, recorded approximately 22.5 percent," noting that "after the pandemic, and due to economic and health conditions, the percentage increased, and our expectations that this percentage range from 22 to 25 percent." Al-Hindawi pointed out that "the government has taken measures to address the problem of the shortage of some basic materials globally, whether by allocating funds, which is an issue related to food security, which is most affected by prices worldwide, to control the situation and the process of compensating the rise in exchange for providing funds to cover this rise." He pointed out that "poverty is affected by such circumstances and negative repercussions, but also, on the other hand, there are measures by the government for the purpose of supporting the poor, either through the ration card, which represents the basis through financial support and securing more than one share in a close time for the citizen, and also by supporting the social protection network through grants salaries on a continuous basis for those covered by the network. He explained that "the adoption of the Food Security and Development Law, which the Ministry of Planning played a role in drafting this law, will address this problem, because it will allocate significant funds for food security and projects as well." It is noteworthy that the rise in dollar prices and the global food crisis that followed as a result of the war in Ukraine have raised the prices of basic materials and commodities, especially since Iraq relies on providing them almost entirely on importing them from abroad. -
Iraq coordinates with the European Union and the World Bank to conduct a "poverty survey" Sunday 24th January 2021 18 Baghdad: Rola is confident The Ministry of Planning is coordinating with the World Bank, the European Union and some United Nations organizations to conduct a large survey on poverty indicators in the country in the middle of this year, in light of the parliamentary warnings of the continuous increase in its rates. The Ministry of Statistics' Central Bureau of Statistics recently conducted a simplified study on the impact of Corona on the standard of living, and the estimates showed that the level of poverty rose to 30 percent in some areas by an estimate and not in the field. The head of the agency, Diaa Awad Kadhim, told Al-Sabah: “The agency is preparing to conduct a large survey to prepare new indicators for the poverty line in the country,” noting that “there is a plan to prepare the survey questionnaire in cooperation with the World Bank, the European Union and some United Nations organizations.” He added that "this survey is somewhat similar to its counterpart that was conducted in 2012 and was stopped due to financial allocation and health conditions," explaining that "it is hoped that it will take place in the middle of this year." He revealed, "Discussions will take place regarding what will be included in the form in terms of sections and sections regarding the family in terms of housing, fuel, energy, expenditures, health, transportation and communications," describing the survey as "large with some organizations participating."
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Central Statistical Organization: Average monthly per capita spending amounted to 253.3 thousand dinars and the unemployment rate is 13.8% money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Central Bureau of Statistics announced, on Wednesday, that the average per capita monthly spending amounted to 253.3 thousand dinars, while the unemployment rate was 13.8%. The agency said in a report prepared in the current November of the Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Survey in Iraq in 2017-2018, which was reviewed by "Al-Eqtisad News", that the survey, which was conducted in cooperation with the World Bank and the Executive Management of the Poverty Reduction Strategy, is the first of its kind in Iraq. Where it was carried out using modern technologies in field work, "indicating that" the survey covered all governorates of Iraq, including the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh and Salah al-Din after their liberation from ISIS. " He added that "the most important results of the survey is that the average per capita monthly spending amounted to 253.3 thousand Iraqi dinars at the market price, registering an increase of 2.4% compared to the year 2012." The report indicated that among other results is that "spending on foodstuffs ranked first with a rate of 32.4%, followed by fuel, housing and lighting at a rate of 24%, and then transportation 12.1%. The remaining percentages were gradually distributed on health, clothes and shoes, furniture, household equipment and maintenance. Continuing for the house and other things. " He pointed out that "the survey showed that the average family size reached 6 individuals at the level of Iraq (urban 5.9) and the countryside (6.5), while the illiteracy rate for individuals aged 10 years and over was 17.9% females and 8.1% males." He explained that "the rate of economic activity for individuals aged 15 years and over reached 42.8%, with a difference in the percentage for men 72.7% and women 13%, and the survey also showed that half of wage workers work in the government sector and 90% of women work for wages in the government sector." The survey revealed that "the unemployment rate for individuals aged 15 years and over is 13.8%." Number of observations 68 Date added 11/25/2020
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262 million dollars allocated for the implementation of projects in poor villages Wednesday, June 24, 2020 99 Baghdad / Al-Sabah The Minister of Planning, Khaled Battal Al-Najem, directed allocating $ 262 million from the World Bank loan granted to the Social Fund for Development and the Poverty Reduction Strategy to implement service projects in poor villages, during his meeting with the executive management of the fund, in the presence of the Undersecretaries of the Ministry for Technical and Administrative Affairs. A ministry statement received by Al-Sabah said that the minister instructed to allocate the amount based on the poverty rate and population, indicating the importance of projects implemented under the fund’s umbrella, to enable citizens in poor villages to access basic services, which include water and sewage projects, health and education, according to priorities that Determined by the population. He pointed out that these projects contributed in providing suitable job opportunities for the people of those villages, as well as enhancing the confidence of the citizen in the state and the government, as it adopts planning from the bottom up, stressing the application of development standards in implementing projects in the light of the standard documents of government contracts. The star called on the international community and United Nations organizations, to support the efforts of the Ministry and the Iraqi government, in providing better living conditions for the displaced in the displacement camps, and to work to secure the requirements for their return to their areas, within the directions of reconstruction and stability in the areas that were subjected to the occupation of the ISIS terrorist gangs. He added, the statement that this plan will include a number of other provinces in accordance with the criteria for poverty and population.
