Re: Labour and the World Bank promise to study the strategy for poverty alleviation in Iraq

by **Ponee** Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:33 am

Labour and the World Bank promise to study the strategy for poverty alleviation in Iraq Story_img_576a6333e92c2

and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs announced that it seeks cooperation with the World Bank to prepare a national strategy for poverty alleviation in Iraq.

He said ministry spokesman Amar Menem , in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, that " the vocational training department of the ministry held a meeting with the World Bank in Amman , Jordan , for the period from 12-17 / 6/2016 with the participation of the Permanent Technical Committee of the strategy poverty alleviation to discuss the preparation of national strategy for poverty alleviation and so after the end of the old strategy. "

" the old strategy of poverty included many activities implemented by the Ministry of Labour in the area of granting loans to set up small income-generating projects and support vocational training with instruments and equipment for the operation of training centers . "

and the conditioner that" vocational training department provided the Department of the World Bank with the necessary information related to training and rehabilitation and the granting of loans for the purpose of updating the economic feasibility of the proposed program by both sides. "

The Ministry of Labour and social Affairs and within has a joint collaboration with the Ministry of planning and lending program to implement a project lend me within strategy of poverty alleviation.

the Ministry of planning, announced on 13 June , the current high rate of poverty in Iraq to 22.5%, with the increase in population growth to 3% annually.

the spokesman said the ministry Abdul - Zahra al - Hindawi's [where] that " the poverty rate rose during the year 2015 to 22.5%, after it was poverty rate by 2014 had reached 15% , "pointing out that" the proportion rose after the fall of the city of Mosul and a group of Iraqi cities , however Daash terrorist gangs, which caused the occurrence of high wave displacement of millions of civilians. "

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