Following dialogues with people in poverty around the world, the author presents a report to the UN General Assembly on the persistence of poverty. Olivier De Schutter* “Poor children are deprived of their childhoods”, said a woman from a marginalised neighbourhood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a dialogue organised …
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Branko Milanovic argues African countries are not powerless to influence the global economic debates which marginalise them. Branko Milanovic* Is Africa marginalised in contemporary economics and politics, and in contemporary economic and political research? Impressions gathered over the years and a bit of evidence (much more could be assembled) indicate …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The poverty rate in Egypt declined to 29.7% in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019/2020, down from 32.5% two years earlier, according to the poverty, consumption, and income research conducted by the Central Authority for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS). This is the first time Egypt sees a …
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Ferid Belhaj In the Middle East and North Africa, the World Bank is focused on one overarching goal: to end poverty, in all of its forms, wherever it is found. Increasingly, poverty is concentrated in areas suffering from fragility, conflict and violence also known as FCV. New World Bank …
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The most difficult part of tackling poverty may be changing the approach that treats poverty as a tradition to be preserved through generations in Egypt. Amina Khairy Reports on poverty rates, poor living conditions and dire economic and social crises are a daily fact of life on planet Earth. …
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Egypt Today Allianz has signed a three-year agreement to support UNICEF’s work to strengthen social inclusion and protection programmes for vulnerable children and their families in Egypt. The signing ceremony took place at the main hall at Cairo Opera House where the company has committed a total of £E …
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Liu Zhenmin World leaders have committed to ending poverty everywhere for all people by 2030. Achieving this aim means facing up to the need for dramatic declines in inequalities – in income, in opportunity, in exposure to risk, across gender, between countries and within countries – over the next …
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President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has launched his Decent Life Initiative to improve the lives of all Egyptians, galvanising the efforts of government and civil society alike, writes *Azza Sedky Azza Sedky On New Year’s Eve, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi launched the Decent Life Initiative on his official social media accounts, whereby under his …
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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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Preventing child marriage is a development priority as well as a matter of human rights, with legislation, education and community attitudes all having a role to play, writes Salma El-Nashar Salma El-Nashar* – Al-Ahram Weekly It is not an easy thing to take away someone’s innocence and childhood, especially if …
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