poverty
Introducing conditional cash transfers to Egypt’s poor
Egypt
May 18, 2010
Introducing conditional cash transfers to Egypt’s poor
Assiut--Residents of Rifa village on the outskirts of Assiut rely on seasonal harvests of crops for their income. The inconsistency…
Hend Sabry at the Egyptian Diplomatic Club
Life & Style
May 13, 2010
Hend Sabry at the Egyptian Diplomatic Club
Celebrity actress and Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry held a seminar yesterday at the Egyptian Diplomatic Club, in which she spoke…
Egypt hosts conference on reducing poverty, protecting environment
Environment
May 3, 2010
Egypt hosts conference on reducing poverty, protecting environment
Last week the American University in Cairo hosted a conference to launch the WinWin Initiative as part of the Hanns…
MPs blast govt development plans
Business
April 8, 2010
MPs blast govt development plans
A meeting of the People's Assembly economic committee saw a fierce debate on Tuesday over government development plans.Minister of Economic…
Tackling Egypt’s poverty problem
Business
March 24, 2010
Tackling Egypt’s poverty problem
The Egyptian government released this week its latest figures on poverty in Egypt and the signs are not good. The…
MPs and govt disagree over poverty rate
Egypt
March 23, 2010
MPs and govt disagree over poverty rate
President of the Central Audit Agency (CAA) Gawdat el-Malt criticized MPs who doubted CAA data on the government's performance. He…
Tuesday’s papers: Numbers, ‘love demonstrations,’ bad meat
Egypt
March 23, 2010
Tuesday’s papers: Numbers, ‘love demonstrations,’ bad meat
Numbers dominate the headlines in state-owned papers today. Al-Ahram’s leads with a story titled "70 percent of the new budget…
Poverty line
March 10, 2010
Poverty line
My daughter’s dowry
February 22, 2010
My daughter’s dowry
Egyptian Citizen
February 22, 2010