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Cash subsidy key to assist Egyptians who can’t get out of poverty: Nobel Prize Winner
Government needs to implement policies for social justice, says Dembitzer
How can Egyptians reap fruits of economic reform?
Egypt embarked on a bold economic reform programme that included the pound flotation, a reduction in fuel and electricity subsidies, imposing taxes including the value-added tax (VAT), all with the aim of trimming the budget deficit.
32.5% of Egypt population live in poverty
Meanwhile, he showed out that the average annual household expenditure increased to EGP 51,400 annually, compared to EGP 36,700 in the previous survey in 2015, while the average family income hiked to EGP 58,000 per year in 2017/18, against EGP 44,200 during 2015.
Al-Sisi calls for eliminating poverty, improving living conditions
President also met Burundi Foreign Affairs Minister to enhance cooperation
Eye in sky enables scientists to gauge global poverty
Researchers from Arhus University monitored implementing UN SDGs through satellite images
Solar energy projects in Benban save youth from unemployment, poverty
We need development, services; sewage is Benban’s biggest problem: residents
Hondurans fleeing poverty, violence: 'There is no other option'
Egypt targets to eradicate poverty by 2030: CAPMAS
Proportion of households living below poverty line 27.8% of total population
Beast of poverty continues to grow
4.6 million children in UK living in poverty, over 3.6 million college grads in US living in extremely difficult financial conditions
How extreme poverty is forcing Pakistanis to sell kidneys
‘Development is weapon against terrorism, poverty, disease,’ Al-Sisi from China
Al-Sisi elaborated solutions include BRI, African Agenda 2063, he described as positive approaches
World politics, poverty, triumph of personal rights at Cannes 2018
Palme d’Or went to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, drama that tells story of impoverished family, painting uncensored image of Japanese middle class
Poverty and lack of services in Iraq force refugees back to the camps
Financing for development should focus on channelling resources to eradicate poverty: Nasr
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr stressed that financing for development should focus on channelling resources to eradicate poverty, in line with the overall goal of the Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS): Egypt Vision 2030. “In this context, any resources for financing development must be consistent with national priorities and development strategies of the …
The government is working to increase growth rates to reduce poverty
We are working to achieve economic growth of not less than 5% during the current fiscal year: El Garhy
The social, financial impacts of economic reforms: where do poorer classes stand?
Nearly 28% of Egyptians are living around the poverty line, and the percentage continues to increase, based on data provided by CAPMAS in 2015
Poverty: the dark side of the American empire
If we have learned anything from this last presidential election, it is that poverty continues to be a concept ignored by president-elect Donald Trump and by United States politicians. Although both avoid using the word like a naked man avoids a poisonous snake, poverty is integral to the current reality of the US socio-political landscape. …
‘Egypt’s human rights shouldn’t have western approach’: Al-Sisi tells US senators
The president has constantly undermined rights and freedoms’ issues; economic and social issues at stake
In Cartoon: The poor serve the wealthy
In Cartoon: Asking the poor to bear the biggest burden
Government policies increase poverty, future for the poor seems bleak: expert
Poverty in Egypt will increase throughout the year, as the government did not use the incoming foreign currency to create jobs, according to Aliaa Mamdouh, a former economist at CI Capital Investment Bank. The current economic and social conditions in Egypt are projected to increase the poverty rate in the coming years. The government appears …
Upper Egypt will become poorer due to corruption: expert
Corruption creates poverty with Upper Egypt being the most affected
Poverty rate rises while solutions are lacking, low-income citizens in Upper Egypt, Sinai most affected: experts
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the percentage of the population under the poverty line jumped from 26.3% in 2012/2013 to 27.8% in 2014/2015. With every price increase the government announces, low-income citizens in Egypt are greatly harmed and left wondering how to deal with the increasing challenges present in …
EGP 482 per month becomes new poverty line
The percentage of the population under the poverty line jumped from 26.3% in 2012/2013 to 27.8% in 2014/2015, according to CAPMAS
Waving off poverty in Bulgaria
Imagine living in the EU and having just 165 euros every month. That’s the average pension in Bulgaria
Most millionaires now in Asia: report
While poverty is on the rise in many regions of the world, there’s massive wealth at the other end of the scale, a fresh report by the consultancy Capgemini has shown. The number of millionaires is growing steadily.
Al-Sisi, Togolese president highlight poverty, security as top African issues
Egypt and Togo agree on mutual cooperation in different sectors
Overcoming poverty and lack of education, group of young people open first self-funded library in Upper Egypt
This place is as holy as a mosque, we do our work for free, says local volunteer
$3.3tn of Arab banking sector assets by end of September 2015: Barakat
Only 8% of total financing in Arab banks goes to SMEs
If education is the cure for poverty, then how do we make the antidote?
Brad L. Brasseur explores the current problems in creating good education for the socio-economically disadvantaged in developing nations and looks at some of the solutions. The United Nations recently claimed that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that focused on primary education increased global enrolment from 83% to 91%. Despite these gains, today it is …