Rather, he said, their problems are a function of chronic poverty and Government neglect.
People in chronic poverty are those who have benefited least from economic growth and development.
For part of the person concerned, this means permanent unemployment and persistent chronic poverty.
But chronic poverty and unemployment are still widespread, despite the country's oil wealth.
Let us look briefly at those most likely to experience chronic poverty.
They did not in part due to local government and the civic responsibilities that lifted the poor out of chronic poverty.
Perhaps nowhere has the change been faster than here, for reasons no one can explain beyond the area's chronic poverty.
A low estimate of 20% of the rural poor is in chronic poverty.
He outlined the domestic problems facing the country, from economic decline to chronic poverty to the crisis in health care.
Six out of 10 Iraqi workers are without jobs, and six million live in chronic poverty.
