One in five Egyptians faces multidimensional poverty, according to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a ...

Led by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), we reviewed how the citizens of Egypt move in and out of poverty and have jointly understood that ill-health (sickness in the family ...

Egypt, a country of more than 103 million people ... For the nearly third of Egyptians living in poverty, and the millions more in poor conditions, the country's economic woes mean life is ...

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Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk stated that the government will not shift from the current subsidy system ...

SA nuclear advocate visited Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant construction site, set to be Africa's second commercial ...

When Egypt announced plans for a minimum wage late ... Although one in four Egyptians lives below a poverty line of $1.65 a day, many workers say the 1,200 Egyptian pound ($170) minimum wage ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

"Nobody hears the poor. It is the rich who are being heard."—a discussion group of poor men and women, Egypt "Poverty is humiliation, the sense of being dependent and of being forced to accept ...

Casual wage labor in Egypt is most often a function of poverty. A 1997 survey of 2,500 rural and urban households by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that the poor ...

I always wore long dresses (with a sweater or scarf to cover my chest and shoulders) or flowy pants and a long-sleeved top in ...

Known for its ancient civilization, today’s Egypt plays a central role in Middle Eastern politics – and it hosts a large population of refugees. Rapid population growth and limited arable land are ...