Mai Samih – Al-Ahram Weekly As prices rose after the floatation of the Egyptian pound back in 2016, people saw prices on many imported and some local products reach double their regular prices. For this reason, many people resorted to different ways to save money in their daily lives, including …
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Egypt Independent Ministry of Justice and the Higher Committee for Legislative Reform have referred the final draft of the law to establish the Fund for Caring for Egyptians Abroad to the ministerial cabinet on Wednesday for approval before submitting the bill to the State Council for revision. Senior sources …
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Egypt Independent Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali stated on Sunday that rising birth rates increased Egypt’s population growth rate to 2.65 percent in 2018, which would negatively impact development outcomes. In a meeting with members of the central committee for the ‘Atenien Kefaya’ (Only Two Kids) campaign, Wali …
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Ahram Online Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) says that the number of females in Egypt reached 47.5 million in January 2019. According to CAPMAS statistics, Egypt’s population reached 104 million in 2018 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, which is celebrated on 8 March every …
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Addressing the population problem in Egypt requires an institutional framework that can implement and follow up on objectives Nesma Nowar – Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt’s overpopulation problem is no secret. The country’s population increases annually by 2.5 per cent and is expected to reach 151 million people by 2050. The …
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Minister of emigration and Egyptian expatriates’ Affairs Nabila Makram said efforts are underway to build strategic human relations with African countries Gamal Essam El-Din – Ahram Online Minister of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates’ Affairs Nabila Makram told MPs on Monday that the number of Egyptians living in African states reached 46,000 …
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Ahmed Morsyreports on an ambitious initiative aimed at providing a better life for those most in need Ahmed Morsy – Al-Ahram Weekly Last week saw the launch of “Decent Life”, an initiative by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi that hopes to provide better living conditions for the needy in 2019. “As I looked …
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Ahram online The first half of 2018 saw 4,426 road accidents in Egypt, down from 5,836 in the same period in 2017; a drop of 24.2 percent, the state’s statistics agency said. In a report, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said that deaths from road …
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With population growth perceived as a threat to the country’s development, could policies to curb birth rates in Egypt make real headway, asks Gihan Shahine Gihan Shahine – Al-Ahram Weekly “I never wanted to have four children. I had planned for only two,” said 39-year-old Shaimaa in a frustrated tone. Not …
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IT is the back-to-school season once again, and Egyptian parents are paying tuition and bus fees and buying uniforms and school supplies. One joke circulating this year on social media shows a man standing in front of a teller at the bank only wearing his boxer shorts with the caption, …
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