13/01/2011
Optical: General Budget Needs to Adopt an Economic Strategy of Human Development as a Top Priority
بغداد -الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Attached circles economic issue of the budget the General Federation in 2011 considerable attention by analytical studies to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses out of a desire to help the parliament approval.
In an exclusive interview for "morning" made by the economic expert, Dr..Kamal Al-Basri chosen from his study in this regard stressed that the general budget for 2011, although it has announced its goal to address a number of economic challenges such as unemployment, poverty and economic reform, but noted that it did not proceed from scientific methodology and realistic (as it can not be planning the budget on an annual basis). The aim of the study to the visual:
Planning an alternative to the federal budget for 2011 (proposed) within the framework of an economic development plan for five years aimed at achieving human development a top priority.
Detection of poor distribution of financial allocations in the (proposed).
The study concludes that an alternative plan to the budget for the period from 2011 - 2014: The prevailing policy has favored political participation at the expense of economic efficiency, which resulted in poor distribution of assignments and the waste of wealth.
Roaring inflation was reflected operating budget expenditures at the expense of consumer spending, investment product and sagging state agencies.
And that this policy is based on the firm conviction when a lot of politicians that the pattern of political participation is the only option in the absence of mutual trust.
However, the acceptance of this policy means to admit that the actual value of political participation is greater than the economic value that can be achieved by the adoption of efficiency. Which is the option we do not believe that in the interest of the citizen, because it involves the waste of Iraq's oil wealth depleted.
It is a policy as close as described by the preference to "buy a fish hook."
Improve services
He required to start the budget strategy medium term agreed to give priority to raising the human development indicators (through the improvement of basic government services) that contribute to solving the problem of Iraq's larger (the rule of law within the civil society), otherwise can not guarantee interaction Citizen positive with public interests, and failed attempts at economic reform and a waste of resources.
تعظيم رفاهية المواطن Maximize the welfare of the citizens
He believes that the budget must start from a diagnosis of the economic challenges and to identify accurately the priorities for action.
He goes on to say that economic indicators for 2008 point to failure of the main productive sectors such as agriculture and industry, which result, that Iraq was importing more than 85 percent of food and more than 90 percent of the capital material.
He pointed out that this is because of low contribution of agriculture in GDP of 8 percent to 3.5 percent and industry from 7 percent to 1.5 percent (during the period 1975-2008) and the unemployment rate rose to about 18 percent and the poverty rate around 23 percent.
He pointed out that there are optical wide gap between the Iraqi citizen, and some countries in the area of the living situation, cultural and health figures to indicate failure of the Iraqi citizens for the citizens of neighboring countries where the average age in Iraq and in Iran 69.94 71.14 74.02 In Algeria, Saudi Arabia, 76, 3 and rates of learning in Iraq with Iran Palmipmgarnp 74 77 Palmipwaldzair 69.9 percent and Saudi Arabia 78.8 percent.
In the view of the weakness of these indicators reflected on the interaction of citizens with the state institutions and weak sense of responsibility towards the common good and public money.
ضعف الاداء الاداري Managing poor performance
And goes on to mention the challenges with reference to poor management performance "because of failure to adopt a policy of" the individual in the right place, "which stood a barrier for the proper performance which reflected weak rates of implementation in government investment projects (at the provincial level, ministries) and resulted in the continuation of the acute shortage in the provision of services basic electricity, water and transport.
He called the optical to the need to run the file away from the economic, political criteria (at the current stage).
He cited the previous parliamentary session and the delay in adoption of important laws as law of oil and gas law and the customs tariff and activate the investment law to amend the laws impeding the work of the law.
سوء توزيع التخصيصات Poor distribution PROFILE
Pictures of poor distribution of financial allocations in the budget proposed for 2011, indicates that if the collection of assignments of the Presidency, the Council of Ministers, Foreign Affairs, and House of Representatives, which amounts to $ 612 million, which is devoting significant than the allocations of the Ministry of Education by (44 percent), and the Ministry of higher education by 51 percent and by industry (10 percent) and agriculture by (69 percent).
This approach deepens the financial planning of inflation in the administrative apparatus at the expense of the productive sectors or those which contribute to raising the human development indicators.
For the purpose of exploring the nature of financial allocations adopted by the budget for the period 2006 -2011, we find more than the total allocations for the three presidencies with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (a group representing the central government) on the allocations of the following ministries: agriculture, housing, industry, telecommunications, environment, science and technology (combined), a condition Sorry for the calls and puzzlement, and do not reflect sound economic planning.
Poor distribution, poverty and targeted support
He believes that tackling poverty is through the establishment of the government to provide targeted financial support for the poor.
The images support the creation of incentives for education by providing financial grants for poor students and all the stages (with a view to solving the problem of dropout of students from schools and indifference and make way for the talented).
The benefits of this policy reduce the demand for security services, and health and social development.
Promising optical three scenarios for the policy of financial support (modest, moderate, and generous).
And explained that he could draw a new map of the proposed budget for the benefit of supporting education at every level, and explained that the necessary customizations to all students of Iraq (without the exception of between $ 1-2 billion), and can reduce this amount if it was the exclusion of non-poor.
He noted that the statistics of the Ministry of Planning in 2007 and identified the proportion of poverty in Iraq, to 22.9 percent (which adopted the poverty line on the basis of 76 986 thousand dinars per person per month and diagnosed with the depth of poverty of 4.5 percent).
If true, these statistics, in order to overcome the poverty situation it is necessary to raise the purchasing power of poor by 4.5 percent on average, this means an exchange allocations are very few not to exceed $ 30 million, and can provide this allocation, for example, by reducing the total allocations for the three presidencies with the Ministry of State by 1 percent.
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