Egypt
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Politics
3/12/2023 7:35:22 PM
Egypt’s finance ministry is currently putting the final touches on the new FY 2023/24 budget and will refer it to the House of Representatives in the last week of March, Yasser Omar, deputy chairman of the Egyptian House of Representatives' Budget Committee, said on Sunday.
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Business
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Economy
12/23/2022 4:09:00 PM
The World Bank announced on Friday $500 million in financing dedicated to expanding and strengthening Egypt’s flagship Takaful and Karama social safety net program.
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Business
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Economy
11/7/2022 3:36:00 PM
In an exclusive interview, Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetray Fund (IMF), told Al-Ahram she is confident that Egypt’s commitment to fiscal prudence under the new IMF-backed programme will contribute to maintaining market confidence and ensuring that public debt-to-GDP is on a downward trajectory, thereby helping to create room to expand the social safety net for vulnerable groups.
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Business
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Economy
4/20/2022 5:52:34 PM
The anticipated loan programme for Egypt from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aims to support the country’s social protection system amid rising food and energy prices on the back of the Russian war in Ukraine, said IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
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World
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International
10/24/2021 9:21:15 PM
Deadline driven, President Joe Biden brought two pivotal senators to his Delaware home Sunday for talks aimed at resolving the disputes that have stymied the Democrats' wide-ranging social safety net and environmental measure at the core of his domestic agenda.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
12/11/2019 6:00:00 PM
Social safety nets are not sufficient to create greater social equality, argues a recent study
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Business
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Economy
9/11/2019 7:46:33 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
7/3/2019 11:33:57 AM
The World Bank currently has 16 projects in Egypt, worth a total of $7.5 billion
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Business
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Economy
10/23/2018 7:17:38 PM
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Egypt
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El-Sisi s Balance Sheet
2/16/2018 11:55:55 AM
The government has been investing in the social safety net to help counter the negative effects of its economic reform programme
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Business
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Economy
1/30/2018 4:40:00 PM
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Business
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Economy
6/24/2017 12:01:47 PM
Bank officials have been in Egypt on a five-day visit, checking progress of the government's economic reform programme
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Business
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Economy
6/21/2017 4:46:29 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
1/28/2017 9:00:22 PM
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Business
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Economy
11/6/2013 8:18:37 PM
Egyptian writer and commentator Bassem Sabry talks to Hartwig Schafer, World Bank Director for Djibouti, Egypt and Yemen about the economic challenges facing Cairo
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