Tuesday Afternoon Iraq Economy News Highlights 6-21-22
Tuesday Afternoon Iraq Economy News Highlights 6-21-22
The Ministry Of Finance Announces Its Support For The Proposal To Postpone The Payment Of The Debts Of Social Protection Beneficiaries
06/21/2022 Views 1301 Baghdad / Al-Mawrid News Today, Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance announced its support for the proposal to postpone the payment of debts owed by beneficiaries of social protection, while stressing its keenness to confirm the allocations of this segment in the Food Security Law .
Finance Minister Ali Allawi said in a press statement, "The ministry was keen, during the period of preparing the draft food security law, along with the concerned authorities and departments, to direct the focus towards fairness to the fragile and weak segments of society, along with the rest of the important and vital sectors, in order to provide services to citizens and reduce poverty. and raise their standard of living .
He added: "Out of the ministry's commitment to observing the rights of these groups and alleviating their burden, it supported the installation of a paragraph in the Food Security Law, which is the thirteenth / second paragraph, which provides for the postponement of government debts owed by beneficiaries of social protection loans," noting that " The ministry was also keen to establish the necessary financial allocations for the social protection network within the law, in addition to including various allocations to the rest of the vital sectors and segments .
He stressed that "there is interest in implementing all the provisions of the law, in a way that guarantees achieving food security and financial stability and reducing poverty levels according to the available capabilities, especially with the worrying global economic developments and the repercussions of the current international conflicts ." https://almawrid.news/contents/view/details?id=51109
Warning.. Iraq Will Completely Lose Its Rivers In Just 8 Years
Local news June 21, 2022 The United Nations places Iraq among the top five countries most affected by climate change worldwide, with its increasing loss of arable land due to salinity, low rainfall, long heat waves and the onslaught of dust storms.
Meanwhile, experts expect the country to lose its two famous rivers by 2040, says a report published by the "Voice of America"website.
The report suggests that the concerned authorities in Iraq rush to abandon the old ways of dealing with water, which were built on the basis of abundance and floods, and not the other way around.
Report text:
Azzam Allwash teaches at the American University of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah, and is the founder of the environmental organization Nature Iraq, which has helped restore the drained marshes of southern Iraq.
For centuries, he says, the Tigris and Euphrates flooded Iraq, replenishing its once green farmland, but the floods stopped in 1968 after upstream dams were built mainly for hydroelectric power in Turkey, where the rivers originate. He said Iran also rerouted the Tigris, because it also needs water.
Allwash added that "the Iraqi farmer is used to the abundance of water, not the lack of water." “The entire water management structure in Iraq was designed and built at a time when flooding was a norm. But by reaching an agreement with Turkey on the operational rules for some of the dams, we can actually stop using man-made lakes that were created to control floods, thus providing more water to Iraqi farmers and Iraqi cities.”
However, Allwash and others do not hold much hope in this treatment. It shows that the population of Iraq is constantly increasing, and with it, its water consumption is increasing. Then there are the challenges of climate change.
And the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources warned in a shocking report last December that the continued loss of water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which form the backbone of the fresh water supply, could turn the country into a “land without rivers by 2040.”
The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources said after calling his counterparts in Turkey and Iran that he is still waiting for negotiations. The United Nations is also urging the three neighbors to come to an equitable arrangement to share the water.
Recently, various UN agencies issued an urgent call to action to protect Iraq as it celebrated the International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. But analysts point to Turkey and Iran's concerns about water and the challenges of climate change as obstacles.
Research fellow Tobias von Losau of the Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations said that observers believe that the Shatt al-Arab waterway, where the Tigris and Euphrates meet in Iraq, "will dry up sooner or later." He warns that "there are worrying trends" and that there are only "limited possibilities to prevent this from happening".
“The southeastern target project in Turkey in particular has had a huge impact,” von Losau said. “Therefore, the flow of water to Iraq has decreased by 30-40% since the late 1970’s and this trend continues. Climate change and environmental degradation contribute to and accelerate this. We will see more droughts, water shortages, sandstorms and dust storms.”
“We will see it on a more frequent and regular basis in the future,” he adds. There are limited options for Iraq. Iraq can work on household water management, agricultural reforms, crop selection and irrigation technology.”
The United Nations places Iraq among the top five countries most affected by climate change worldwide, with its increasing loss of arable land due to salinity, low rainfall, prolonged heat waves and the onslaught of dust storms. Meanwhile, low water levels in both rivers have left farms and fishing businesses near their banks. https://khabaar.press/archives/87453https://khabaar.press/archives/87453
Deputy: Al-Kazemi's Government Doubled The Number Of Poverty In The Center And South
Politician Last Update 06/21/2022 | 1:16 PM Information/Baghdad: The State of Law coalition's representative, Aref Al-Hamami, confirmed on Tuesday that the government's wrong economic measures have doubled the number of poverty in central and southern Iraq.
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Al-Hamami said in a statement to "Al-Maalouma", that "the government has contributed greatly to the impoverishment of the people due to the high prices and the state of depression in the local markets," noting that "the government's economic performance is still Below the required level, as it proved its failure to lift the citizen out of his bitter reality and caused an increase in the poverty rate, according to official statistics.
He pointed out that "the continuing rise in poverty rates is a dangerous indicator that cannot be overlooked by the economic crisis that the Al-Kazemi government has fabricated," noting that "the problem is further exacerbated in light of the continuous rise in unemployment and poverty rates, especially in the southern governorates."
The representative of Al-Muthanna Governorate, Muhammad Rasoul Al-Rumaithi, had earlier accused the outgoing government of causing a rise in poverty rates in the governorate due to the wrong economic procedure. / Ended 25 h https://almaalomah.me/2022/06/21/604667/
A Former Deputy Reveals The Huge Numbers That Kurdistan Earns As A Result Of Smuggling
Economic Last Update 06/20/2022 | 2:31 PM The Information/Baghdad.. The former member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Kazem Al-Sayadi, revealed, on Sunday, that the Kurdistan region smuggled more than 300,000 barrels of Bumia oil to Turkey, indicating that the region reaps more than 4 billion dollars as a result of customs smuggling at the border crossings.
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Al-Sayadi said in a televised interview followed by "Al-Maalouma" that "the Kurdistan Regional Government smuggles daily more than 300,000 barrels of oil through the Ceyhan line with Turkey, in addition to its smuggling of Kirkuk oil." .
He added, "Customs imports, estimated at four billion dollars annually, all go to the Kurdish parties, amid strange government silence."
Al-Sayyadi explained that "the coordination framework is required to put an end to these behaviors and not to waive the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court's decision regarding the export of oil through the region in favor of Israel and others." https://almaalomah.me/2022/06/20/604529/
Iraq Is Preparing To Launch A "Birth Control" Policy Next Month
Money and business Iraq is preparing to launch a new population policy for birth control and reproductive health next July on the occasion of World Population Day.
The head of the Central Bureau of Statistics in the Ministry of Planning, Dia Awad Kazem, said in a statement, "The ministry does not have an accurate statistic about the population numbers as a result of the lack of a census so far, but estimates indicate that 41 million people have been reached," noting that "the population increase continues at an increasing pace." What requires control.
Kazem added, "The ministry is preparing on the occasion of World Population Day to launch a document (population policies) next July, as it focuses on birth control and reproductive health, as well as the factors affecting that increase."
Kazem noted, "It is difficult to reduce fertility rates, without having policies drawn up in this regard to be gradually reduced, as birth control cannot be imposed legally, because it is considered a right of the family, but this will be done through awareness programs to organize reproductive health, and pointing out to reduce the number of births and the spacing between them.
And he indicated that "this program needs joint efforts with the ministries of health, labor and social affairs, as well as the role of the big media," noting that "the Ministry of Planning will allocate funds for this project because of its great importance." https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=28578