IRAQ: FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION ENTERED INTO FORCE SPREAD OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

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Baghdad, Omar Abdel-Latif

Launched the Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation of the national strategy to alleviate poverty in Iraq, which extends over the next five years from 2010 2014. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Rafie al-Issawi in a speech at a conference sponsored by saying the only meeting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and attended (morning): The government pays interest at the moment the development of the productive sectors as a priority in the development plan, noting that it is a result of that initiative had expanding agricultural production on my way to increase productivity and incomes of rural families as well as the need to reconsider public spending in favor of investment that will generate employment and ensure a decent living for the Iraqi people, he said. He said during the conference which was attended by First Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya and the number of members of the House of Representatives and government officials, embassies and local and international organizations that this strategy came in just when the Iraqi people to get rid of poverty, which deprived them of living a healthy and promising and off for decades at a time when the country was full of natural resources should be directed to achieve a comprehensive development to ensure the lives of Iraqis free and dignified existence.

The al-Issawi was pleased to note that this strategy fit together the economic and social policies as reflected
in the broad consultative process among the many parties concerned to implement members, including partners from international organizations and the international community, pointing out that justice and fairness are the approach to be adopted in the investment of national resources in the country urging all citizens and officials to use this document to guide efforts towards lifting Iraqis out of poverty.

Meanwhile, a deputy in the parliament, Abd Mutlaq al-Jubouri during the conference that the legislation of
laws that serve the citizen and the lifting of poverty, control and monitoring of the operations of administrative and financial corruption and political one of the major duties of the House of Representatives. He explained in a special statement (morning) on the sidelines of the conference to highlight the elements of success strategy is to provide security and legislation, oil and gas law and the relationship between center and periphery, and the encouragement of agriculture and the entry of Arab capitals and to monitor how to transfer money out of Iraq, in addition to the protection of citizens and industries and local products and support. Meanwhile, Secretary-General described the Cabinet Keywords mitigation strategy poverty as one of the treatises and inputs that were based on a realistic and pragmatic, practical field surveys for three years, noting that the value of this strategy in the information they contain so as to enable the planned economic, social and political stand on these figures and plans which, considering it a reference and guide for each plans that can be placed in the trends I have outlined strategic and scientific methodology characterized by highly elevated.

The Alak, who heads a subcommittee of the Committee on strategy to alleviate poverty in the special statement (morning) that a committee would be headed by Deputy Prime Minister and membership of a number of ministers to follow up on actions related to the implementation strategy.

For his part, chairman of the Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology Ministry of Planning
Dr. Mahdi Keywords in a statement singled out by the (morning) that the strategy of poverty alleviation entered some of its terms into effect through the inclusion in the National Development Plan as well as the inclusion of some activities within the five-year plan anticipated a reduction in poverty to lower levels of recorded at this time in the coming years.

And working poverty alleviation strategy to reduce poverty level from 23 percent to 16 percent to the year
2014.

Showed conclusion obtained by the (morning) that the strategy which will extend from 2010 to 2014, prepared by the Committee, whose membership includes a number of members of parliament, deputy ministers, advisers and general managers from the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government will work to reduce the level of poverty to the ratio of During the six key outcomes is to achieve higher income from work and improve the health, disseminate and improve education and achieve better housing environment and provide social protection to achieve effective and less disparity between women and men and this segment includes the poor.

She added that the results had been expected on the basis of the implementation of the strategy implemented over the years is to reduce the incidence of poverty at the national level by 30 percent, a reduction of the number of poor from seven to five million and reducing the illiteracy rate for the poor by half any of the 28 percent to become 14 percent and this is achieved through achieve a higher rate of net primary school enrollment from 74.8 percent currently to become a 98 percent net enrollment and average education of 20.5 to 50 percent and net enrollment in secondary education from 23.4 to 40 percent as well as reducing the number covered by the ration card system to include individuals who are below the poverty line in 2014 and to bridge the gap between the sexes through the achievement of higher rates for the contribution of poor women in economic activity from 12.8 to 19.2 percent, and achieving higher rates of girls to boys in literacy in reading and writing from 84.5 to 92 percent, while the primary school enrollment from 87 to 100 percent, and enrollment middle school from 72 to 86 percent, while the enrollment in secondary education from 68.5 percent to become 85.