Baghdad – INA
The Ministry of Planning and the Central Bank discussed the implementation of the economic and social survey and the youth empowerment program in Iraq.
The Ministry of Planning stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), today, Sunday, that "an intensive round of discussions and discussions were held between the two technical teams from the Ministry and the World Bank, on the nature of the support provided by the World Bank in a number of areas."
in addition to that, "The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, Maher Hammad Johan, chaired the meeting, and was attended by the Director General of International Cooperation and Government Investment and Poverty Reduction Strategy, and the Assistant Director General of the Regional and Local Planning Department, and a number of stakeholders, while the World Bank in Iraq was represented by Ramzi Numan and his accompanying delegation."
During the meeting, they discussed the third economic and social survey project for the family in Iraq, which the Ministry of Planning intends to implement during the current year 2021, as well as the training program for economic inclusion, which will be engaged with the strategic tracks of poverty alleviation by creating sustainable job opportunities in coordination with the Ministry. Labor and social affairs, by developing the skills and technical capabilities of young people, and granting them soft loans, enabling them to establish sustainable, income-generating small projects.