National Strategy for Poverty Reduction
First: Data source
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With cooperation agreement between ministry of planning and international bank
about project of poverty reduction policies, the Higher Committee of poverty
reduction policies was formed and contained three of parliament members and
Representatives of ministries, universities and Kurdistan government, Agreement
included fourth main stages:
Implementation of Socio economical survey for providing data base about
household of Iraq.
Report of national poverty line in Iraq.
Report of poverty analysis in Iraq.
Preparation of national poverty reduction strategy.
Report of Socio economical survey of household in Iraq was released at January,
2009, and so released report of national poverty line in Iraq and displayed in
meeting of council of ministers at April, 2009. These two reports provide a base
to prepare two documents, analysis poverty of Iraq and strategic poverty
reduction. Depending on the results of socio economical survey of household for
2007 and measure and analysis poverty results in addition of six papers prepared
by members of technical committee of poverty reduction policies, document
prepared after authentication by council of ministers no. 409 for 2009, national
poverty reduction strategy was released in Iraq for years 2010-2014.
Poverty reduction strategy of Iraq are treating the increase of poverty after decades of
wars and economic punishments and stop of development, this strategy considered a
national document of state to serve people for achieving development and reduction of
poverty . And represent government work program with countries and donor
organizations to continue of economic, financial and administrative reforms for achieving
Millennium Development Goals.
The team entrusted with this mission is the National Committee of the poverty reduction
strategy in Iraq, which is a technical committee formed by the Minister of Planning and
Development Cooperation, on 16 September 2006.Technical Committee represents a
wide range of institutions, including the parliament , main development ministries , the
Kurdistan region Government and the academic community. Committee is chaired by Dr.
Mahdi Al-alak, deputy of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, and its
members Distinguished others are the owners of sovereignty Amira Mohammed Hussein
(The parliament), and Abida Ahmed Khalil (The parliament), and Alaa al-Sadoun (The
parliament), Zaki Abdul Wahab Al Jader (Ministry of Planning and Development
Cooperation), and Abdullah Mohammed Bandar (Prime Minister's Office), Ali Al-
Zubaidi (Ministry of Education), and Ihsan Jaafar Ahmed Khayyat (Ministry of Health),
Riad fakher khalaf Hashemi (Ministry of Commerce), and Leila Kazem Aziz (Ministry of
Labour and social Affairs), and Hussein Mansour Alsafee (Ministry of Justice),
Mahmoud Othman, known (Ministry of Planning / Kurdistan Regional Government) and
Nidal Abdul Karim Jawad (Ministry of Finance), and Najah Jalil Khalil (Ministry of
Labour and Social Affairs / Government of Kurdistan), and jamal ameen (Ministry of
Planning / KRG), Karim Mohammed Hamza (University of Baghdad), and Najla Ali
Murad (Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology), Abdullah Hassan
Mathe (Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation). The work was supported by
the technical committee of the unit before the newly formed data analysis, which includes
the Central Agency for Statistics and Information Technology, and similar of the
Kurdistan region, and technical working group between the ministries.
To provide financial resources for the preparation of the strategy during the Iraq credit
Fund of the World Bank is an initiative of several countries, was launched in early 2004
to help donor countries to direct subsidies and coordinate their efforts in supporting the
reconstruction and development of Iraq. In addition to directing the resources of the
Fund, the World Bank contributed to the capacity development through the provision of
technical consultancy and training in specialized areas, including the scientific
knowledge of the methodology for the implementation of the field work for the family
surveys and scientific analysis of the results of surveys, and results-based on
management.
The strategy document is divided into five chapters, the first chapter showed the elements
of building poverty reduction strategy through the description of the process of the
preparation of the strategy and basic Principles .The second chapter discusses the
challenges faced by the Poverty Reduction Strategy is to ensure security and stability, and
good governance, equitable distribution and diversification of the sources of growth, and
mitigate the negative effects of economic reform on the poor. Chapter III Showing
estimate the national poverty line and poverty indicators derived from it, and the
characteristics and spatial distribution of poverty and relationship unemployment with
poverty. The Chapter Four represents the main component of the strategy as it offers
vision for the reduction of poverty through the presentation of the details of each outcome
of the six outcomes and outputs, as well as assumptions and activities and implementing
partners. Chapter fifth discusses aspects of the monitoring and evaluation.The right to
document supplements the detailed matrixes of the strategy.
Second: Methodology
Strategy was based on the logical framework approach, which is a way of thinking,
analysis and appropriate methodology for the preparation and implementation of
poverty reduction programs; because it depends a set of concepts can be used in the
planning, design and evaluation. Adopted six strategic areas identified in the light of
the results that have been reached through the implementation of socio-economic
survey, measurement and analysis of poverty as well as the six background papers
prepared in this regard. The strategy seeks during the implementation period 20102014, and assuming the implementation of the National Development Plan and the
stability of the political and security situation to reduce poverty by 30% or 22.9% to
16% and through six outcomes and 27 outlet and 89 activity contained in the
document and outcomes six collectively achieve the overall objective is: -
‫ت فاوت اق ل ب ين ال ن ساء‬
‫والرجال ال فقراء‬
‫ح ماي ة اج ت ماع ية ف عال ة ل لفقراء‬
‫ب ي ئة سكن أفضل ل لفقراء‬
‫ن شر وتح سن ال وضع‬
‫ال تعل ي م ي ل لفقراء‬
‫تخ ف يف ال ف قر في ال عراق‬
‫تح سن ال وضع الصح ي ل لفقراء‬
Higher income for the poor from work
Improvement of health status of the poor
dissemination and upgrading education of the poor
A Better living environment for the poor
Effective social protection for the poor
Less inequality between poor men and women
‫دخ ل أعل ى م ن ال ع مل ل لفقراء‬
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‫ مخرجات‬6
‫م خرجات‬6
‫م خرجات‬6
‫م خرجات‬3
‫م خرجات‬3
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‫افتراضات افتراضات افتراضات افتراضات افتراضات افتراضات‬
Perspective of poverty reduction strategy
In order to establish the institutional and economic, social and political to accommodate
the poverty reduction and the poor from the charity to the development project is to
empower the poor and help them promote their integration into society and achieve
economic development and social cohesion, The strategy has adopted a series starting
points to achieve its overall goal is to emphasize the commitment of government and
compatibility with national efforts towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals
and the integration with the National Development Plan Five 2010-2014 and annual
budgets, as the strategy was launched to look at poverty as a phenomenon multifaceted
social, economic and political and cultural, as well as the security issue. Adopted a
strategic principle of increasing the efficiency of social safety for the poor as ration card
and the benefits of social protection network, has adopted the document on the principle
of consultation and to involve Parliament in all stages of preparation to stimulate political
will as well as coordination and partnership between the components and configurations
government and civil society organizations and the private sector so as to ensure
achievement of the basic target a poverty reduction.
Poverty reduction strategy depending on fourth elements to achieving
goals
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Income generation: create jobs for the poor as it requires concerted efforts of the
government and the private sector and civil society.
Empowerment: empowering the poor to realize their economic, social and
political freedoms, and make decisions that affect their lives, and to identify their
problems and needs, and to express their aspirations. The government and the
private sector and civil society to contribute in earnest in the process of
empowerment.
Capacity building: Building the capacity of the poor and qualify them to work and
increase their productivity to be able to satisfy their needs. The government and
the private sector and civil society to help achieve this.
Social Security: establishment of an effective social safety network contributes to
the private sector and civil society.
Was approved strategy of poverty reduction under Diwani Order No. (409) for
the year 2009 the text of the resolution in the second and third paragraphs as
follows:
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Requiring ministries and agencies related to the implementation of strategic
activities down to the main objective of reducing poverty in Iraq.
Adoption of a permanent mechanism to ensure good governance in the
implementation and follow-up and monitoring of strategic activities and
programs.
As above the following committees were formed:-
- Higher Committee for the Poverty Reduction Strategy: chaired by the Deputy
Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and includes (12) Minister of the concerned
ministries formed under implementation it Diwani (27) for the year 2010.
- Permanent Technical Committee of the Poverty Reduction Strategy: chaired by
the deputy of Ministry of Planning and its membership includes 22 members of
the representatives of the ministries concerned. Formed under the Ministerial
Order No. 81 3/7/2011.
- Executive Management for Poverty Reduction Strategy: chaired by the Chief
Executive Officer of the strategy formed under it Diwani No. (547) on
20/12/2010, and includes formations of the executive management (which
consists of a section for follow-up and monitoring of policies and programs, the
media and Administrative Affairs).
- Team focal points in the ministries (formed under the Administrative Order 84
1/18/2011)
- Team focal points in the provinces (formed under the Administrative Order 1430
on 9/11/2011)
- In addition to the relevant departments in the Kurdistan region.
Third: Terms and concepts
Social safety net: is a set of programs that provide poor protection against falling
into poverty and its consequences. And include in Iraq ration card, and social
protection network run by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and pension
systems and social security.
Iraq Trust Fund of the World Bank: It is one of the components of the
International Fund for services for the reconstruction of Iraq, which is managed
by the World Bank. And the granting of almost half a billion dollars to finance
projects in education and infrastructure, development health, rural and private
sector. And provided significant technical support to help improve the banking
sector in Iraq and the management of public finances and social safety nets. The
donor countries that included Iraq Trust Fund are the Governments of Australia,
Canada, the European Community, Finland, Iceland, India, Japan, Republic of
Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.
Poverty Measure: poverty measure depending on three parts: (A) - digital indicator
welfare (B)-poverty line (C)-Estimate of poverty range (size)
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Digital indicator of welfare: individual expenditures indicators about commodity
and services as a measure of welfare .despite of the average of individual
expenditures not covered all welfare sides, but useful to define the poorest
families. The average of individual expenditures considered to calculation of
indicator at actual units. Modified indicator to remove the differences in price
because of geographic location and temporal dimension.
Poverty line: The idea of the cost of basic needs method to develop the poverty
line so that it is equal to the cost of consumer package sufficient to meet basic
consumer needs, so the poverty line is equal to cover basic food needs plus covers
non-food basic needs.
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Poverty level: measured in two main parts : (head count index )and (poverty gap
index)
Poverty size: the proportion of individuals who fall below the poverty line, the
proportion of individuals who are unable to secure their basic food and non-food
items. Despite the simplicity of this indicator, but it is insensitive to clarify the
differences in the depth of poverty.
The poverty gap: the index provides information useful to know how much is the
level of household moves away from the poverty line. It is calculated by
collecting cases the difference in the levels of the poor from the poverty line (the
sum of the differences between individual expenditure for real poor united the
poverty line) and divided by the total population, and uses the measurement of
poverty gap to determine the resources needed to lift the poor to convert from
below the poverty line to just above that level.
Poverty Reduction Strategy: national document reflect the State's obligations to its
citizens to achieve development and poverty reduction ,The government's program and
framework to work with donor countries and organizations to continue economic reforms
and financial, administrative and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Logical framework: a way of thinking and logical analysis and appropriate methodology
for the preparation and implementation of poverty reduction programs, because it
depends a set of concepts can be used in the planning, design and evaluation.
General Goal: The goal is long-term, which is accessed through the achievement of
outcomes associated with it, and the overall objective of poverty reduction strategy in
Iraq.
Outcomes: the results achieved by the strategy, lead collectively to achieve the overall
objective of the strategy. Each outcome of a multi-sectors nature and is achieved through
a variety of sectors output in the light of certain assumptions. Has developed the
following six strategic outcomes: (a higher income from work for the poor; improve the
level of health, deployment and improve the education; environment better housing,
effective social protection, less disparity between poor women and men)
Outputs: short-term results, which requires implementation to achieve outcomes. And all
the way out is located within a particular sector, and represents what is being supplied
and outfitted goods and services or practices in the sector, the six outcomes included 27
outputs of strategy.
Assumptions: describe the circumstance that should be achieved at the level of the
director if the outcome to be achieved through the associated output falls outside the
control of the implementers.
Activities: are activities that must be performed within a specific period of time in order
to achieve a particular output. And requires the implementation of activities to mobilize
material and human resources, technology and knowledge in order to produce a specific
output or contribute to these outputs, outputs of strategy included 87 activities.
Indicators: measure the extent of implementation of the activity or output and to any
extent to which the impact of any of them, strategy included indicators each outcome,
output and Activity.
Fourth: The Calculation
Not available methods for calculating the strategy, but the methodology adopted in the
preparation as we pointed out earlier a logical framework (Logical Framework Approach)
which depends on the planning and design strategies based on the tree and causes
problems and then propose appropriate solutions.
Fifth: Classifications
Located items Poverty Reduction Strategy within the overall objective has a "poverty
reduction in Iraq," was based on the strategic approach to the logical framework whereby
identify six outcomes essential should be achieved to reach the general target, in order to
achieve outcomes have been identified outputs for each outcome, which included all
output a number of activities that should be implemented to ensure achieve. Have also
been identified assumptions that represent the desired conditions offered to coincide with
the implementation of any output in order to achieve the outcome that is located within it.
And at each of the activities that are to be:
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Identify those responsible to the implementation of the activity (ministry, the head
of hand, civil society organizations, and international organizations).
Identify fund type who helps in the implementation of activity (within the general,
operational or investment budget or grant international).
The strategy included indicators for each outcome and some outputs, and
performance indicators for each output and activity, commensurate with the
requirements of the monitoring and evaluation processes, and facilitates the
management of the implementation process by the authorities concerned.
Six tables contain the main presentation of the components of the logical framework
derived from the outcomes:
Table (1): First outcome: Higher income for the poor
First output
Assumptions
Factors are available to increase the productivity of agricultural work for the poor
Poor used available factors
effectively
Activities
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Second
output
Assumptions
Parliament , Council of Ministers
,Ministry of Agriculture , Water
Resources - counterparts in the
Kurdistan region , private sector
Reconsider agricultural
legislations and policies for
the benefit of poor farmers.
Loans program for income-generating activities for the poor
The poor benefit from the loan
program for increasing their
incomes.
Activities
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Third output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Providing and maintain the
infrastructure supporting the
production and marketing.
A training program for farmers
on farming methods and
modern irrigation.
Controls to guarantee
coverage for the poor loan
program for the establishment
of small-projects for income
generating.
awareness campaigns for the
poor to benefit from the
program
Ministry of Labor and Social
Organize training programs
Affairs - government and private
for the poor who received
banks, civil society organizations,
loans to help them in their
local communities - counterparts
use.
in the Kurdistan region
System to review the minimum wage according to changes in national poverty line
The implementation of the
inspection visits and monitors
the application of the law.
The private sector is committed to
application the minimum wage
Include flexible paragraphs of
correctly
labor law to determining the
minimum wage appropriate
with the poverty line.
Activities
The definition of workers who
Parliament - the Ministry of Labor
receive the minimum wage of
and Social Affairs - unions and
their rights to raise wages for
trade unions - counterparts in the
compatibility with the poverty
Kurdistan region - civil society
line.
organizations
Diagnosis and operating unit
Fourth output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
in the offices in all
governorates workers can be
reviewed at the lack of
commitment by employers by
law.
Labor offices has been established to facilitate the access of the poor
The offices Working in
National labor's ability to compete the
coordination with the private
foreign labor
sector to provide work.
Activities
The offices Working in
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs coordination with the training
provincial councils - counterparts in
to rehabilitation job skills of
the Kurdistan region - private sector
the poor.
Fifth output
Government supported the initiatives of civil society support for the poor
Assumptions
Civil society benefit from the
government's support for the poor
Sixth output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Participate in incomegenerating programs for the
poor contributed by donors.
Activities
The Ministry of State for Civil Society
The government is providing
Affairs - Ministry of Planning, civil
facilities and grant allocations
society organizations - counterparts
to organizations with
in the Kurdistan region
programs for the poor.
Established evening craft centers and training programs in income-generating
occupations especially for the poor
Awareness-raising campaigns
Poor enrollment centers and training
for the poor enrollment
programs
centers and training
programs.
Activities
Council of Ministers - the Ministry of
Engage civil society
Labor and Social Affairs - civil society
organizations to open training
organizations - counterparts in the
centers for the poor.
Kurdistan region
Table (2): Second outcome: Improved level of health
First output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
Primary health care services for the poor and easy to reach
Training staffs of primary
Provides the confidence of the
health care centers.
community primary health care services
Construction of primary
- Availability of qualified in primary
Activities health care centers
health care centers
equipped.
Ministry of Health - Ministry of Planning
Increase the number of
- counterparts in the Kurdistan region
mobile clinics to remote
monitoring
Second
output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Third output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Fourth output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Fifth output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Sixth output
Assumptions
areas.
Increase awareness of health in poor areas to control the risk factors for diseases
transitional and non-transitional
The existence of the poor's willingness
to change the beliefs
- Post relevant ministries, civil society
Awareness campaigns
organizations, health departments in
Activities means audio-visual and
the provinces
read and seminars
Ministry of Health - Ministry of Health in
the Kurdistan region - and the media
A government program to deliver safe drinking water and sanitation services in
poor areas
The flow of resources allocated to
Expansion projects for the
projects
delivery of drinking water to
- Contractors commitment to the
poor areas
implementation of projects
The Ministry of Planning and
Activities
Development Cooperation Municipalities and Public Works Expand sanitation projects
mayoralty of Baghdad - the provincial
councils - counterparts in the Kurdistan
region
promote coverage of the poor areas expanded program on immunization
activities
Strengthen surveillance of
transition disease
Stabilize the security situation
Implementation of vaccine
Activities campaigns
Perpetuate campaigns
Ministry of Health - Ministry of Health of
Supplies (vaccines, cold
the Kurdistan region
chain, transport)
Improved the nutritional status of the poor
The continued get of the
Efficient distribution mechanism
poor to PDS.
secures the arrival of feed material to
the target groups
Activities
Re-inclusion of elementary
Ministry of Commerce - Ministry of
school to school feeding.
Health - counterparts in the Kurdistan
region
Program to strengthen reproductive health for the poor and under implementation
Implementation of
awareness-raising
Convinced women in the slums of
campaigns on reproductive
maternal care services and child.
Activities
health programs.
- Poor communities’ response to family
planning programs.
Training of medical and
health staffs.
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Ministry of Health - Ministry of Health of
the Kurdistan region
The continued provision of
materials and supplies
standard.
Table 3: Third Outcome: Publish and improve education of the poor
First output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Second output
Assumptions
The enactment of compulsory basic education, especially in rural and poor areas
Amendment of Article (34 / I) of the
Constitution to extend compulsory education
to middle stage (third grade average).
Database configuration for the age group
covered by the compulsory education
according to the geographical distribution and
constantly updated, and by focusing on rural
Effective cooperation by
and poor areas to facilitate the follow-up of
households in rural areas
families covered.
and poor neighborhoods in
A partnership program with civil society
the application of the law
organizations and relevant government
of compulsory education.
ministries in the implementation of
- The effective cooperation
compulsory education.
of local administration in
monitoring the
Activation of the relationship with the parentimplementation of the
teacher according to legal and institutional
Activities
Compulsory Education
formula designed to promote a culture of
Law
compulsory education.
Reconsider of Educational Information
Department to create awareness of the
importance of commitment to compulsory
education.
Develop a system to monitor and follow-up
of dropouts in the category of compulsory
education according to the annual plan
Parliament - the Council of
programs for the Ministry of Education
Ministers - Ministry of
(teachers field teams, be considered to reduce
Education - Ministry of
the chances of leakage standard for
State for civil society efficiency, etc.).
civil society organizations counterparts in the
the constitutional amendment to Article
Kurdistan region
compulsory education
Priority to the establishment of primary and middle schools and secondary in the slums
Create an information base for the
distribution of educationally poor areas (both
Support guaranteed by the
geographically and administratively) and
Ministry of Planning and
according to the degree of deprivation of
Development Cooperation
Activities
middle and secondary schools.
of the priorities identified
by the Ministry of
Allocation of funding under the investment
Education
budget by educational stages (of government
spending priority educational investment)
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Third output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Fourth output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Fifth output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Sixth output
Assumptions
with priority in the allocation of construction
and rehabilitation of middle and junior high
schools in the villages and slums and in
accordance with appropriate limits of time
Achieve adapt between desired size of
building and number of covered education for
geographical area (the absorptive capacities
Ministry of Education of schools).
local administrations - the
Develop a program with the support of local
provincial councils governments for the establishment and
counterparts in the
rehabilitation of a private middle and
Kurdistan region
secondary school
Network Protection Act was amended to link the registration of children of families
covered by basic education
The efficiency of the
Database configuration at governorate,
database, especially for
district and sub district level, of children in
children of families
the primary school from poor families
covered by social
covered by a network of protection.
protection network
Activities Reconsider the law of social protection
Council of Ministers network to ensure the registration of children
Ministry of Education of families covered.
Ministry of Labor and
Social Affairs Preparation a mechanism for the exchange of
counterparts in the
information between the Ministries of
Kurdistan region
Education and Labor and Social Affairs.
Improved the efficiency of education in poor areas in urban and rural areas
Providing electric power to
Given priority in the distribution of related
rural and poor areas
educational services efficiently Education
schools
(laboratories, teaching aids, etc.) for poor
Activities regions.
The Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Education in
Giving priority in the training of teachers in
the Kurdistan region
poor urban and rural areas.
procedures taken to reduce the numbers of illiterates
Enactment of mandatory literacy.
Enrollment illiterate
literacy centers
Establishment of literacy centers.
parliament - Ministry of
Activities
Education - civil society
Awareness campaigns to join the literacy
organizations centers.
counterparts in the
Kurdistan region
connect the curriculum of vocational education to the labor market, especially in the
agricultural and rural sector
Promotion of international reports and
Clear diagnosis to the
Activities bulletins about linking vocational education
needs of the labor market
to the needs of the labor market.
Table 4: Fourth Outcome: Better housing for the poor
First output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Second output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Third output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Expanded state projects for the construction concessional suitable housing units for the
poor
The implementation of projects for
the construction of residential
complexes for the poor low-cost
specifications.
Develop a system for identifying
Residential units within
beneficiaries.
prepared of these projects
benefit the poor
Develop a system to receive the
costs of housing unit’s concessional
Activities
beneficiaries.
Develop programs to involve the
poor in choosing the type of housing
Council of Ministers - Ministry
Encouraging department’s
of Housing and Reconstruction
endowments and social security
- the Ministry of Planning funds and minors to participate in the
private sector
financing of projects and low-cost
Counterparts in the Kurdistan
housing.
region
Program to encourage private sector participation in a low-cost housing
Action encourages the participation
The private sector is able to
of the private sector to build housing
implement these projects
units in poor areas.
Council of Ministers - Planning Housing and Reconstruction Activities
mayoralty of Baghdad - and the
Ministry of Municipalities - Ministry
Take action to provide the necessary
of Electricity - National Investment
infrastructure for these projects.
Commission - counterparts in the
Kurdistan region - the private
sector
procedures have been implemented to ensure a suitable environment surrounding
housing
Paving projects and lighting roads
- To provide sustainability and
leading to the slums.
ongoing maintenance by the
Providing public transport services.
authorities concerned.
Regulation of markets in slums
- The maintain of the poor on the
surrounding environment.
Providing waste disposal services.
Ministry of Housing and
The establishment of scientific and
Construction - Electricity sports clubs and public parks.
Activities
Baghdad Secretariat - Ministry of
Awareness programs for the poor to
Transport - Ministry of Commerce
preservation of the environment
- Ministry of Planning - mayoralty
surrounding the housing.
of Baghdad - the Ministry of Youth
and Sports - the provincial local Providing maintenance services for
the Ministry of Municipalities the surrounding housing installations.
counterparts in the Kurdistan
region - the private sector - civil
society organizations
Table 5: Fifth Outcome: Effective social protection for the poor
First output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Second output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Third output
Assumptions
Implementing
Procedures to ensure the proper application of the system of social protection
network
Action for the adoption of
decentralization in the
management of social protection
network.
Develop a data base for families
covered and continuously updated.
Develop a program to raise
capacity for the rehabilitation of
working on the application of
The community aware of the aim
network system.
of the system of social protection
Strict control systems on the
network
mechanisms of action and the
- The enactment of the social
implementation of the law by the
protection network
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Activities Expedite the smart card system
procedures.
Prompt information program
designed for citizens to make them
aware of their rights and conditions
of inclusiveness and deterrent
penalties in the case of overtaking
on the network.
Partnership with civil society
Ministry of Labor and Social
organizations in targeting the poor
Affairs - provincial councils and evaluate network system.
Finance - Ministry of State for
community organizations Develop a mechanism to connect
counterparts in the Kurdistan
the amount of the subsidy rate of
region - international
inflation while providing inflation
organizations
rates for commodities.
use of the national poverty line adopted in identifying target groups subsidy
Identify target groups using the
Update the national poverty line
national poverty line
each year to take advantage of
Activities Census data for the year 2010
Ministry of Planning - Ministry of
population and household surveys
Planning Kurdistan Region
and other statistical sources
Put out of action PDS to target the poor and most needy groups
Provide a reliable data base to
transfer funds earned blocking the
identify the poor and most needy
ration card to the social protection
Activities
groups
network
Ministry of Finance - Ministry of
Monitoring and evaluation system
partners and
monitoring
Labor - Ministry of Commerce regulators - counterparts in
Kurdistan region
and reform of PDS
Table 6: Sixth Outcome: less disparity between poor women and men
First output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Second output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Third output
Assumptions
Implementing
partners and
monitoring
Expanded programs to address the factors causing low enrollment of girls in primary ,
intermediate and secondary schools
Awareness seminars (at least one)
before the start of the school year in
poor areas to spread the culture and
encourage enrollment to primary
Provide the necessary conditions
education compulsory and universal
for the activation of the Compulsory
education for girls.
Education Law.
Give priority to the establishment of
- Poor families’ response to those
schools for girls in primary and
programs.
Activities secondary slums.
Activation of the monitoring system
enrollment rates in primary and
secondary schools and diagnosis of
progress.
Ministry of Education - local
administrations - Ministry of
Transport - Ministry of Labor and
Providing logistical facilities (transport,
Social Affairs - Civil society
etc.) to facilitate the access of girls to
organizations - counterparts in the
school.
Kurdistan region
Specialized training programs for poor women to increase employment opportunities for
them
The participation of the private
sector and civil society
organizations in organizing training
courses for women.
- Enrollment of women at high rates
to these programs.
Implementation of training courses for
poor women in rural areas
Activities
Cooperation with the private sector for
urging to support vocational
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
rehabilitation programs in the Iraqi
- the private sector - civil society
rural.
organizations - counterparts in the
Continuous monitoring system to train
Kurdistan region
and rehabilitate women
Issued legislation to achieve social security for poor women
The establishment of a social security
The political will required for issuing
fund for workers in the unorganized
legislation
sector.
Establish an effective system for
Council of Ministers - the Ministry of Activities implementation of Social Security Act
so as to ensure the rights of working
Labor and Social Affairs - Civil
women.
society organizations - counterparts
in the Kurdistan region
Awareness programs for women in the
Iraqi rural, to comply with the social
security system
Development of programs for women
to ensure and recognition their rights.
Sixth: - Data Availability
Periodic report: poverty reduction strategy of Iraq issues every five years starting from
2009.
Report format: is available as hard and digital copy (PDF) and WORD)