Sunday, November 25, 2018
Starting 2019, welfare will be provided for families with two children as part of a program named Takafol w Karama according to Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli in a statement on Thursday, as reported by Egypt Independent.
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Saturday, September 22, 2018
The World Bank (WB) announced Saturday a $300 million loan to Egypt for complementing the current ‘’Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program’’ to support the expansion of the government’s efforts to improve rural sanitation services in Egypt’s...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Two laws raising the salaries and pensions of some 14.5 million Egyptians were approved by Parliament on Monday, as part of a social spending package announced earlier by the finance minister on Sunday, aiming to ease the burden of the state’s ongoing...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Labor-intensive public works (LIPW) programs are a popular policy intended to provide temporary employment opportunities to vulnerable populations through work-intensive projects, such as the development and maintenance of local infrastructure, that do...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said on Tuesday that ending poverty comes on top of Egypt's strategy for sustainable development.
According to a released statement by the ministry, she added that since 2014, the government has outlined...
Monday, December 18, 2017
About three in every 10 children in Egypt suffer from multidimensional poverty, especially in rural areas and Upper Egypt, according to UNICEF’s Regional Representative in Egypt Bruno Maes.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
The universal health insurance bill currently up for vote in Parliament is intended to update the structure of a social protection system on its last legs and improve the provision of health services by expanding insurance coverage to all Egyptians....
Monday, October 30, 2017
Following the adoption of Partnership Priorities with Egypt in July 2017, the EU adopted the Single Support Framework (SSF) which sets the priorities and the financial allocation in key strategic areas of bilateral cooperation with...
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr stressed the need for women's economic empowerment, as it will lead to an increase of about 26% in the world economy.
The minister pointed out that all groups are currently benefitting...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Minister of Finance Amr El-Garhy revealed that the government allocated about EGP 75bn within the new budget 2017/2018, which begins on 1 July 2017. The allocation of these funds aims to reduce the inflationary effects of the economic reform programme on...
