Planning intends to launch the anti-poverty strategy on this date

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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.

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It may exceed 25%.. Planning announces the imminence of a new poverty survey in Iraq

 

Material uses Economy News - Baghdad On Monday, the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation expected 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 said in a statement to "Shafaq News", that "the ministry will soon start recording a new poverty survey in Iraq and determine the indicators of poverty in light of the current circumstances, whether they are related to Covid 19 or are the product 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 system" rel="">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 had a role in drafting this law, will address this problem because it will allocate significant funds for food security and projects as well ."

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Planning announces the launch of a field survey to identify poverty hotspots in Iraq

• Time: 05/09/2022 20:25:23
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{Economic: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Planning announced today, Monday, the launch of the experimental economic and social survey work for the Iraqi family in six governorates.

A statement by the ministry, which Al-Furat News received a copy of, quoted the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics, Diaa Awad Kazem, as saying: "The survey is being implemented by the Central Bureau of Statistics in cooperation with the World Bank, with the aim of defining a new line and map for multidimensional poverty, in terms of {health, education, housing, unemployment indicators and percentages of poverty. Inflation, the level of the food basket, the level of food deprivation and other indicators.”

He added, "Today, the work of the experimental economic and social survey of households in Iraq began, which will include six governorates, namely (Baghdad, Anbar, Nineveh, Muthanna, Basra, and Erbil)," noting that "this survey is considered one of the important and work is underway to provide all its needs for its implementation."

Kazem explained, "This experiment came to find out the problems and challenges that the survey may face during its implementation when it is actually launched next July."

He pointed out that "the experience includes visits to families and asking questions related to survey forms, as well as collecting data and indicators for this survey."

For his part, the Director-General of the Technical Department of the Central Bureau of Statistics, Qusai Abdel-Fattah Raouf, said: "Today we started the final experiment that precedes the economic and social survey of the family in Iraq, which was implemented in Al-Sadr City in Baghdad," noting that "this experiment was able to identify the strengths and weaknesses to implement scanning".

He explained that "this survey will continue for a period of fourteen months, through which we can calculate the poverty line for the family and identify the hotbeds of poverty in Iraq."

He stressed that "the actual survey will include all governorates of Iraq, including the governorates of the Kurdistan region," noting that "the survey will provide economic and social indicators for the family in the districts and sub-districts in the governorates, in addition to indicators of income, expenditure and employment to calculate multidimensional poverty indicators to determine the basic services gaps in the governorates." .

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In six governorates... Planning launches a survey to identify a new poverty map

 

 2022-05-09 16:24

 

Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Planning announced today, Monday, the launch of the experimental economic and social survey of the Iraqi family in six governorates, implemented by the Central Bureau of Statistics in cooperation with the World Bank. Education, housing, unemployment indicators, inflation rates, the level of the food basket, the level of food deprivation and other indicators).

The head of the Central Bureau of Statistics, Diaa Awad Kazem, said in a statement received by Shafak News Agency; "Today, the work of the experimental economic and social survey of households in Iraq began, which will include six governorates (Baghdad, Anbar, Nineveh, Muthanna, Basra, and Erbil)," he added, noting that this survey is one of the permissible tasks and work is underway to provide all its needs for its implementation. "This experiment came to find out the problems and challenges that the survey may face during its implementation when it is actually launched next July."

He pointed out that "the experience includes visits to families and asking questions related to survey forms, as well as collecting data and indicators for this survey." 

For his part, the Director-General of the Technical Department of the Central Statistical Organization, Qusai Abdel-Fattah Raouf, said: "Today we started the final experiment that precedes the economic and social survey of the family in Iraq, which was implemented in Sadr City in Baghdad," according to the statement.

"This experience was able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of implementing the survey," he added.

He explained that "this survey will continue for a period of fourteen months, through which we will be able to calculate the poverty line for the family and identify the hotbeds of poverty in Iraq," stressing that the actual survey will include all the provinces of Iraq, including the provinces of the Kurdistan region.

He pointed out that "the survey will provide economic and social indicators for the family in the districts and sub-districts in the governorates, in addition to indicators of income, expenditure and employment to calculate multidimensional poverty indicators to determine the basic services gaps in the governorates."

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Official statistics: More than 4 million unemployed people in Iraq

 

money and business Economy News-Baghdad The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs revealed, on Tuesday, that there are more than 4 million unemployed Iraqis, while indicating the formation of a government team to address the phenomenon of beggary .   The Undersecretary of the Ministry, Abeer Chalabi, said in a statement reported by the newspaper “Al-Sabah” that “the ministry has registered more than two million unemployed people in its database, and there are similar numbers to the unregistered unemployed, but the phenomenon of youth beggary is not caused by a lack of job opportunities, but rather is due to social reasons. Represented by family disintegration and the spread of drugs, especially in poor areas and governorates, where most of their children resort to the capital to escape their difficult reality .”   Chalabi added, "The ministry is working within a team that includes the ministries of the interior, national security and education for the purpose of developing a plan to combat the phenomenon of beggary in the country, develop effective solutions to combat and reduce beggary, coordinate national efforts, define requirements for dealing with this phenomenon, and organize the roles and responsibilities of the relevant authorities in accordance with a national and political vision." Comprehensive in which all government agencies and sectors participate .   And she indicated that "monitoring cases of beggary and vagrancy for juveniles falls on the shoulders of the Ministry of Interior, which in turn coordinates with the Ministry of Labor for the purpose of placing them in the homeless homes of the Ministry, aged between 12 to 17 years, for the purpose of rehabilitating and training them to get a job in the event of their release."

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Within the allocations for 2022

5 trillion dinars in salaries for the unemployed... Parliamentary work reveals the details

2022.05.22 - 08:31

 

Baghdad - people  

A member of the Labor Committee and civil society organizations, Jassem Al-Moussawi, spoke today, Sunday, about the allocation of 5 trillion dinars in salaries to the unemployed within this year's allocations.  

  

 

  

Al-Moussawi said in a statement to the official newspaper, followed by "Nass" (May 22, 2022), that "the committee developed, in its first meeting, a program for visiting the concerned authorities that oversee their work, such as the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the Civil Society Organizations Department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers."  

  

He added that "the committee has set within its work plan the allocation of 5 trillion dinars dues to the unemployed who were lost in last year's budget," noting that "the concerned authorities spent a small part of the funds allocated to the unemployed, which is estimated at 1 trillion and 800 billion dinars, while the remaining Most of this amount has not been disbursed so far.  

  

Al-Moussawi indicated that "the committee will try to obtain more benefits for the unemployed in this year's budget, as well as follow up on the affairs of people with special needs who are covered by subsidies," revealing "an attempt to amend the law of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, to include more segments that need attention from the government and be taken into account during This is a difficult stage.  

  

He added, "The committee will work to amend the entitlements of the ministry's employees who have suffered during the past years from unfairness and injustice in the issue of salaries, and the possibility of amending them in a way that makes them equal with their efforts being made with the categories of their care."  

  

The Ministry of Planning announced, earlier, its readiness to work on a new strategy to reduce poverty for the years 2023-2027.  

  

And the official spokesman for the ministry, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, revealed in a statement to the official newspaper, followed by "Nass" (May 22, 2022): "the launch of the economic and social survey is imminent, which will give indicators of poverty and its reality according to the latest developments."    

  

He added, "The poverty strategy includes health status, housing and education, as well as family income to determine the standard of living and its suitability for living," noting that "each of these axes will develop special policies for implementation by the concerned authorities."    

  

He added that "the priority in the work will be for food security," noting that "it falls within the paragraph of the standard of living that guarantees the provision of food and then the provision of other life requirements."    

  

Earlier, the financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, presented four measures to address poverty and unemployment, stressing that the rise in oil prices and the financial abundance achieved would address social and economic problems.  

  

Saleh said in a statement to the official agency, followed by "Nass", (April 18, 2022), that "the financial abundance achieved as a result of the rise in global oil prices, and then the increase in the country's oil revenues, will address the social and economic problems left by the current economic crisis and its inflationary repercussions on the local economy, especially its impact." on social groups.      

  

He added, "The rise in food prices has had a significant impact on people with limited income, in particular, and has now constituted 80 percent of their income, which will lead to an increase in poverty rates in the country," noting that "the monetary policy follows the performance of fiscal policy accurately and its role in raising income and living standards." to the affected classes and the advancement of the policy of operating projects, which leads to raising population growth rates.”      

  

He continued, "The indicators of poverty and unemployment can recede through 4 measures represented in supporting social welfare, supporting the components of the ration card, supporting the prices of agricultural crops and grains, in addition to operating the important lagging projects," stressing that "the role of fiscal policy lies in using the financial surpluses to the fullest extent." Even if there are some indications of price increases, as long as the requirements for protecting the poor classes are provided by subsidizing incomes and prices, and providing real income that supports those affected social segments.      

  

He pointed out that "the fiscal policy is working to combat the repercussions of rising inflation, as monetary policy will have a broader role in the development of the country's reserves that support the purchasing power of the dinar, allowing the defense of monetary income and a broader purchasing power through a strict monetary policy."      

  

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced, earlier, the launch of the Basics of Child Protection project and the provision of psychological and social support to him in cooperation with UNICEF, while noting that a large number of Iraqi families are below the poverty line.  

  

The Director of the Social Protection Department in the Ministry, Zikra Abdel Rahim, said in a statement to the official newspaper, followed by "Nass" (March 3, 2022): "This program comes in cooperation and coordination with the International Children's Organization (UNICEF) and the Child Welfare Authority, and the participation of 110 researchers from the social protection departments. In the governorates of Baghdad, Anbar, Najaf and Salah al-Din, which are affiliated with the Protection Departments for men and women.      

  

She added, "The researchers visited a large number of poor families in various poor and remote areas, interviewed children of different ages and their parents, explained the dangers of domestic violence, and educating these families regarding the Corona pandemic and the need to take preventive measures to reduce it."      

  

And Abdel Rahim continued, "The project includes educational and guidance programs for the purpose of spreading awareness among these families, and educational brochures have been delivered to them, and work continues during official holidays in order to raise the culture of child protection," noting that "a large number of families in Iraq are under pain." The poverty line, which prevented her children from completing their studies and obtaining the necessary health care, and caused the spread of diseases and cases of disability among them as a result of the lack of awareness left by poverty and ignorance rampant in poor and remote areas that have suffered for years from official and societal neglect.      

  

The Ministry of Planning, earlier, identified the poverty rate in Iraq, while noting that the delay in approving the budget impeded the implementation of development plans.  

  

Ministry spokesman Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi said in an interview with colleague Khitam Al-Gharawi, followed by "Nas" (February 19, 2022), that "the levels of poverty vary and fluctuate according to the circumstances the country is going through," noting that "we started following up on the poverty file in 2007 and the rate was 22.5% And in cooperation with the World Bank, we developed the first strategy to reduce the poverty rate in Iraq, and at the end of 2013 the poverty rate reached 18% based on a drawn-up plan.        

  

He added, "In 2014, we entered the tunnel of the double crisis of the ISIS pandemic and the drop in oil prices, and in 2018, the second strategy was launched, and the poverty rate was approximately 22.5, while the ratio in 2019 was 20%."        

  

And he continued, "In 2020, we entered into the Corona pandemic and things returned to what they were, as the percentage reached 31.7%, and after the return of life, the economic movement began to be active and at the beginning of 2021 we found that the percentage amounted to 25%."        

  

And he stated, "The poverty rate now ranges between 23-25%, and we will carry out a new survey soon to find out exactly what the percentage is."        

  

He pointed out that "the percentage is considered high in the liberated areas, where it is about 41%, while the poverty rate in the south is 32%, and Al-Muthanna governorate is considered to be on the throne of the highest governorate in the poverty rate at 52%, followed by Al-Diwaniyah by 49% ".        

  

And between, "the poverty rate in the central governorates is 18%, in Baghdad 12% and in Kurdistan 12% as well," noting that "the third five-year development plan focuses on the issue of transformation in the economy, but there are obstacles and voices that stand against this transformation and may delay the implementation of the plans." .        

  

He pointed out that "there are public government companies that burden the budget and the economy without providing production or economic value," noting that "the delay in approving budgets impedes the implementation of development plans, and the plan to recover from the effects of Corona collided with the budget delay."        

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Planning prepares for a new poverty reduction strategy and prioritizes food security

• Time: 05/22/2022 07:14:17
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{Economist: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Planning is preparing to work on a new strategy to reduce poverty for the years 2023-2027.

The official spokesman for the ministry, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, confirmed in a press statement: "The economic and social survey is imminently launched, which will give indicators of poverty and its reality, according to the latest developments."
He added that "the poverty strategy includes the health status, housing and education, as well as the family's income to determine the standard of living and its suitability for living," noting that "each of these axes will develop special policies for implementation by the concerned authorities."
Al-Hindawi added that "the priority in the work will be on food security," noting that "it falls within the paragraph of the standard of living that guarantees the provision of food and then the provision of other requirements of life."

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Efforts to grant disabled persons {new privileges}

Tuesday 24 May 2022 107

 

 Baghdad: Batoul Al-Hasani 

 

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs seeks to grant new privileges to the disabled segment by making amendments to the Social Protection and Disability Authority laws. 

The head of the Social Protection Authority in the ministry, Huda Sajjad, told Al-Sabah: "The ministry is seeking to amend the Social Protection Law No. 11 of 2014 and the Disability Authority No. 38 of 2013 to give the disabled category more privileges and address the intersection in application between the two laws and work to raise the line Poverty of the disabled in order to continue to give them the amount of social assistance. 

She added that "the amendments will ensure the possibility of combining the salary of the appointee and the subsidy for the first-degree appointee," noting that "the directive was to approve the medical reports issued by the Disability Authority exclusively, whether it was to grant the employee's salary or to give the traffic number in filling out the electronic annual statement form and distinguishing that from Medical reports for the category (disabled). 

Sajjad indicated that "the commission has completed the accounting and auditing procedures to disburse an amount of 100,000 dinars (the cost of living) to social researchers who hold contracts, and it will be disbursed with the salary of the current month of May," noting that "measures have been completed to include 300,000 families in Baghdad and the provinces, pending the financial allocations necessary to launch salaries for these families.

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Iraq reveals the features of a new 5-year poverty reduction plan

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 May 28, 2022 09:23 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Ministry of Planning announced, today, Saturday, a move to implement the largest economic and social survey operation in Iraq, stressing that this is linked to the launch of its new strategy to combat poverty, which extends for five years.

Ministry spokesman Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi told the Iraqi News Agency "INA", that work on the poverty reduction strategy in Iraq for the period from 2018 to 2022 is still continuing.

He pointed out that the plan was subjected to a "deviation" after the events and repercussions that Iraq witnessed in 2020, as a result of the Corona pandemic and the accompanying drop in oil prices.

He added, that the ministry launched, in parallel, a short plan extending from 2021 to 2023 under the name of the reform and recovery plan from the Corona pandemic with three main axes, indicating that the first axis was related to developing and supporting the private sector and encouraging investment in Iraq.

He pointed out that the second axis relates to the social aspect related to the poor, which includes policies in the field of improving the level of health, education and social network, in addition to returning the displaced and achieving social cohesion.

And he indicated that the third axis is spatial, which is concerned with addressing the development gaps that exist in the governorates according to the map drawn up by the Ministry of Planning in this field.

He continued, "The spatial axis is concerned with basic services in the field of electricity, water, transportation and other areas related to the issue of public services and development gaps."

In this context, he announced the ministry's readiness to launch a new strategy to reduce poverty in the country that extends until 2027, and said, "As an introduction to this strategy, we will start implementing one of the largest field surveys, which is the economic and social survey of the family in Iraq."

Al-Hindawi indicated that the survey will set new indicators of poverty after Iraq witnessed developments and repercussions during the past years, pointing out that "according to the results of the survey, we will set a new poverty line, as well as we will identify poverty hotspots and the standard of life of the included groups."

He explained, that the survey will include special questions and important details about the reality of life in the field of education, health, housing and services, how to dispose of waste, and what equipment the family owns at home, noting that the results of the survey will be important inputs for the third poverty reduction strategy in Iraq.

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$300 million for the Social Fund for Development

Monday 13 June 2022 89

 

 Baghdad: Rola is confident

 

The Ministry of Planning has implemented 60 projects in three governorates so far within the Social Fund for Development program, with amounts amounting to $300 million as a first stage.

The official spokesman for the ministry, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, told "Al-Sabah", "The goal of the Social Fund for Development is to provide basic services to residents of poor areas," noting that "those services are represented in the implementation of projects for water, electricity, schools, roads, and others."

He added that "the local community determines the priorities of each poor area," noting that "the ministry has formed (community mobilization) teams in each governorate to visit the poorest areas and find out the priorities of each of them in terms of services."

Al-Hindawi indicated that "during the first phase, 60 projects were implemented in the governorates of Dohuk, Salah al-Din and Muthanna," noting that "there are 500 targeted villages that the fund will include in its projects."

Al-Hindawi explained that “the work will be in phases. The first phase of the fund is working with a loan amount of $300 million, which the ministry obtained from the World Bank,” noting that “the idea of the project is based on three levels, the first is the implementation of service projects and the second is capacity development, and the third is On the basis of improving the standard of living through loans that will be granted to the poor according to specific mechanisms.

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Planning intends to launch the anti-poverty strategy on this date

Economie| 12:22 - 17/07/2022

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Ministry of Planning intends to launch the anti-poverty strategy at the end of the first quarter of next year.

The Director General of Strategy in the Ministry, Sabah Jundi Mansour, told the official newspaper, "It is not possible to determine the random increase or decrease in the poverty rate without relying on accurate and realistic surveys," noting that "work is underway to prepare the poverty strategy to find out the exact percentages that would facilitate the work of The concerned authorities in the country to take the necessary measures.

Mansour added, "In conjunction with the preparation of the strategy, we began preparing the economic and social survey of the family, which measures the real poverty rates at the level of the governorates and their affiliated districts," noting that "in the next three months, preliminary indicators will appear in this regard."

And Mansour indicated that "the surveys conducted by the Central Statistical Organization to determine the poverty rate are based on taking a random sample from all districts and sub-districts in the governorates to fill out a pre-prepared form that includes many questions about the living situation, income, nutrition, and others, to come up with accurate results and reach the real poverty rate in the country." .

And he continued, "When determining the percentage of poverty, the conditions of the Iraqi market are taken into account, from the rise and fall in the prices of materials in general, and compared to the income of the individual," noting that "according to the latest poverty strategy in 2018, the poverty rate reached 20 percent." Ended 29/N33

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Work is implementing the unified electronic record project

Saturday 23 July 2022 207

 

 Baghdad: Batoul Al-Hasani

 

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has started implementing the first steps to create a unified electronic record for the intersection of information between ministries, in coordination with the World Food Organization.

  The head of the Social Protection Authority, Huda Sajjad, told Al-Sabah that the ministry is working in coordination with the World Food Organization to identify ways to create a unified electronic record for the intersection of information between ministries and the Supreme Judicial Council, because Social Protection Law No. 11 of 2014 includes families of inmates, depositors and convicted Pointing out that the authority has a solid and integrated database and information with lists of the names of families eligible for the subsidy that will be approved during the implementation of this project.  

She explained that the Protection Authority sponsors more than 1.4 million families below the poverty line, alerting at the same time that the speedy establishment of the unified register represents a necessary and urgent need for the authority, as the register will save effort and money and work to speed up the achievement of inclusion and making changes.

While confirming that her authority has set priorities for implementing the first steps to create the electronic registry during the coming period, she indicated that it is hoped that a joint workshop will be held under the auspices of the World Food Organization, including the parties and ministries concerned with the establishment of the said registry, in order to complete the remaining steps for the implementation of this important project that will allow the Ministry of Labor to remove violators and employees who receive a social protection salary in addition to their own, and the subsidy is granted to the actual eligible families who are in poverty.

Editing: Najm Sheikh Dagher