The main problem in Iraq is their economy. One of the major factors in coming up with the Human Development Index is the country’s GDP, or gross development product. In a country with a strong economy like the United States, the GDP per capita in 1995 was around $26,000. In Iraq, according to the same United Nations fact sheet, the GDP p

Another factor of the Human Development Index is the literacy rate in the country. In Iraq, the figure has dropped from 89% in 1995, to 57% in 2002. This is compared to a literacy rate in the United States that is over 99%. When only a little over half the population can read and write, it makes it real hard for people to perform their jobs and be productive. If you can’t understand the instructions that your boss gives you, how can you possibly do your job? Although there are seven very good universities in Iraq, the education system is very bad. If only half the population can read, the education system can’t be too good. Iraq is made up of a very young population, and is one of the fastest growing populations in the world. The third factor of the Human Development Index is life expectancy. In Iraq, the average life expectancy in 1998 was 58 years. This is because of the overall lack of food, medicine and the malnutrition of most of the population. There has been a major increase in the number of deaths, in particular of infants and young children. The infant-mortality rate has risen from 30.5 per 1,000 in 1989 to 97.2 per 1,000 in 1997. The maternal-mortality rate has risen from 50 per 100,000 live births in 1989 to 117 in 1997. Low birth-weight babies (less than 2.5 kg) rose from 4% in 1990 to around a quarter of registered births in 1997, due mainly to maternal malnutrition. Also, as many as 70% of women in Iraq are suffering from anemia. This information is also from New Internationalist Journal, Issue 316.

Iraq is doing some things to try and improve the quality of their country. One of the big problems in Iraq is the lack of privatization. If no one could own land or businesses, there could be no competition and therefore hurt the economy. Since 1987, the government has been trying to give out ownership of land. This is instead of forced collectivization, in which the government owns all the land. Because of the sanctions on oil, Iraq hasn’t been able to make much money off of all the oil that they have in their reserves. Lately they have been complying more and more with the Oil for Food program in the United Nations. In May 19

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