Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced the launch of a poverty reduction strategy by the middle of this year



Tuesday 14 March 2017 13:08


Alsumaria News / Baghdad

The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, Tuesday, announced the launch of a poverty reduction strategy by the middle of this year, noting that the important strategic activities is to address the squatter, in addition to the ration card reform.

The secretary general of the Secretariat of the Mahdi Keywords in a statement Alsumaria News received a copy of the "poverty reduction strategy will be launched by the middle of this year," noting that "the strategy has taken into consideration the participation of international donors, especially because it emphasizes the principle of empowerment, not charity to pay the money.


He Keywords that "the government has initiated work on the creation of the Development Fund for Development in collaboration with the World Bank, it enjoys a geographical spread of, and worked on the legislative framework and legal objectives, means and finance, noting that" the important activities of the strategy is to address the squatter, which formed 10% of Iraq's population in addition to the ration card reform. "

It confirmed the Ministry of Planning, in the (May 10, 2016), that the poverty alleviation strategy for the years 2017-2021 will focus on different sectors and to the displaced, indicating that 36% of those who suffer from poverty are displaced.


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