Iraqi Planning: 30 days the time needed to prepare the population census

[Sara Johnson]

Iraqi Planning: 30 days the time needed to prepare the population census

On الضرغام -01/12/2011 ad-9: 16 | readers number: 20

The Iraqi Ministry of Planning said on Thursday that 30 days is the time needed لتحضيرات for the census of population.

He said the official spokesman of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation Abdul-Zahra al-hendawi in a press statement that " the ministry of planning and development cooperation need to 30 days after the official setting a date to begin preparations for the census population."

He added that "the ministry of planning is an initiative launched by the to bring viewpoints closer between the political blocs and hoped to get tangible results in joint meetings involving all parties objecting to the census," he said.

He pointed out that " a population census is important to promote economic development projects and distribution of the resources of the state to the governorates of Iraq."

Was scheduled to hold population census the country's public in 2009, but the process was delayed more than once because of the objection of some parties to do so in the disputed areas between arbil and Baghdad.

Census has been postponed for an indefinite period of time at a time when the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, in which it said that the month of next October is the best art for the census of population.

Iraq has since 1987 and a comprehensive census across the country, because the census conducted in 1997 did not include the three governorates of Kurdistan region."

The number of Iraqis, 16 million people in 1987, and is expected to the Central Agency for Statistics that with this time between 30 and 31 million people.

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[leggman24]

This is a old article put out months ago. Just a guess, but i would say last Jan. It mentions October in the article as being the perfect time to do a census.

[Danneedsrvnow]

I believe there was an article the other day that mentioned the census had been already complete

[elmstreet61]

Doesn't make sense us to me....NEXT!

Hee hee...but thanks for posting...

[Carrello]

They must be talking about voodoo census:

November 30, 2011 - 10:38

M.O.P. IRAQ Release

non14.net AM Online

http://non14.net/31150.htm

Detection and Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation that a census of buildings and facilities and households, which announced its findings in a number of provinces recently, showed that the population of Iraq is more than 31 million and (644) thousand.

Dr. Yusuf Ali Shukri, in an interview for "morning": The statistics confirm his ministry owned and the country's need to two million housing units to eliminate the housing crisis.

He added that the ministry was not adopted in the distribution of amounts of general budget, population density, because of varying conditions of the provinces, citing the province of Karbala, which has a Nfosha about one million and (250) thousand people, while the destination for a week million visitors, increasing its need for additional funds to provide services .

On the other hand, revealed Shukri decline occurred in the unemployment rate from 23 percent to 15 percent, and the poverty rate fell to 11 percent, after it was 17 per cent, noting that these figures are based on the results of the census was carried out by a joint Ministry, in cooperation with the United Nations.

And on the validation of the general budget, the Minister stressed that he "found a strong response of ministers and state officials to approve the budget for 2012 after a number of amendments to them," noting that the value of the budget hit $ 121 billion, of which 90 billion operating budget, and the remaining investment.

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[thegente]

I believe there was an article the other day that mentioned the census had been already complete

Correct you are!! Done deal already, Here it is:

[fnbplanet]

I could swear that a census was either a necessity for the Article 140 (disputed areas) in order to decide which areas were Kurdish, and which were Arab, or...it was a "stand alone", single item of the Erbil Agreement. Anyone here with any brain cells left remember?

Good news anyway! Go RV!