One third of all Iraqis live in poverty

Peter Daou - February 19, 2007 - 1:15 pm

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A new United Nations-backed study says that one third of today's Iraqi population lives in poverty with more than 5 per cent living in extreme poverty.

"Prepared by the Iraqi Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the statistics show that a high percentage of people in Iraq live under various levels of poverty and human deprivation despite the country's huge economic and natural resources." More

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