Thursday, March 7, 2024
The Waai (meaning “awareness” in Arabic) Program is a behavioral awareness and change platform launched in 2020 and a key intervention of the Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Program (TKP). It aims to reach Egypt’s vulnerable citizens on 12 interlinked...
Friday, February 24, 2023
The discourse on restoring the prestige of the Egyptian state was one of the key political discourses advanced by the June 2013 regime, and it was not devoid of repercussions, in particular on the state’s general budget. It quickly prompted the...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Together with a team of Spanish and international researchers coordinated by the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, J-PAL Europe is partnering with the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration to launch a Policy Lab focused...
Monday, July 18, 2022
Human Rights Watch is not the first to lament the frailties of Spain's social protection. In 2019, the European Commission highlighted that "the capacity of social transfers other than pensions to reduce poverty remains among the lowest in...
Monday, March 21, 2022
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait announced these procedures shortly following the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) decision to raise the key interest rates by 1 percent.
The procedures include an allocation of EGP 2.7 billion to include 450,000 new...
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Egypt has recently increased charity work across the country as part of efforts to support the government’s social protection programs. In cooperation between the Egyptian government and 18 charitable institutions and associations, Egyptian President...
Saturday, September 11, 2021
A program to support women business owners in Egypt could provide a roadmap for global societies to drive gender-equality prosperity, the Egypt – International Cooperation Forum (Egypt-ICF), launched by the country's Ministry of International Cooperation...
Monday, August 30, 2021
Food subsidies are central to Egypt’s social protection efforts. About 70 million people benefit from the Tamween ration-card system, and 83 million benefit from subsidized baladi bread, a staple for many Egyptians. Together these two programs account...
Monday, July 26, 2021
The World Bank’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been designed to help save lives and livelihoods for the poorest and most vulnerable while safeguarding the prospects for sustainable growth in developing countries. In the Middle East and...
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Africa, Egypt, Asia, Palestinian Territory, Yemen
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Women, informal workers, and farmers were among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa region, according to a new labour market survey.
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Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Asia, Jordan
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