The report found that under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s education spending has plummeted from 3.9 percent of GDP ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A woman and young girl walking in Alexandria, Egypt, 2019. Photo: Yasmine Kherfi. Can poverty alleviation undo gendered injustices? Egypt’s recently introduced cash transfers programme, Takaful and ...

a project so large that it promises to set the country on a path to industrialization that could lift tens of millions out of poverty. Downstream in Egypt, where the Nile meets the sea ...