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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Egypt in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these links
may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** Egypt
is currently experiencing a cold wave, with experts deeming the current spell
as the coldest in almost ten years. The country has been recently witnessing
unfamiliar weather patterns, including colder winters with temperatures
dropping to unprecedented degrees and summers with Gulf-like heat. – Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Egypt U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html [accessed 28
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Despite
Egypt’s mixed record for attracting foreign investment over the past two
decades, poor living conditions and limited job opportunities have
contributed to public discontent. These socioeconomic pressures were a major
factor leading to the January 2011 revolution that ousted MUBARAK. The
uncertain political, security, and policy environment since 2011 has restricted
economic growth and failed to alleviate persistent unemployment, especially
among the young. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $12,700 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
25.8% industry:
25.1% services: 49.1% (2015 est.) Unemployment
rate: 12.2% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 27.8% (2017
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 37 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 73.7 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 0.8 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 98.5% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Egypt borgenproject.org/category/egypt/ [accessed 28 January 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United
States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the
world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
Energy Reform: Renewable Energy In Egypt borgenproject.org/energy-in-egypt/ ~
Tackling Elderly Poverty In Egypt borgenproject.org/elderly-poverty-in-egypt/ ~
Creating Economic Gender Parity In Egypt borgenproject.org/economic-gender-parity-in-egypt/ ~
Sudanese Refugees In Egypt Face Impoverished Conditions borgenproject.org/sudanese-refugees-in-egypt-face-impoverished-conditions/ ~
Understanding Hunger In Egypt borgenproject.org/hunger-in-egypt/ ~
Innovations In Poverty Eradication In Egypt borgenproject.org/innovations-in-poverty-eradication-in-egypt/ Egypt's declining poverty rates indicate success of economic reform program Huaxia, Editor, Xinhua News Agency, 9 December 2020 www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/09/c_139576799.htm [accessed 12 December 2020] Egypt
recently saw for the first time over the past twenty years a decrease in its
poverty rates, which the analysts have attributed to the success of the
economic reform program and the accompanying social protection policies. Egypt
has adopted by the end of 2016 an economic reform program that included the liberation
of the local currency, gradual lift of subsidy on fuel and electricity, as
well as endorsement of a package of economic legislations. He also
referred to the "100 Million Healthy Lives" campaign for the
treatment and early detection of people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a "turning point" in Egypt's
healthcare system. Those
initiatives, covering the free diagnose and medication, have highly eased the
burdens on the Egyptian families that spend 20 percent of their income on
treatment and health care. "Now they could redirect the money to other
important sectors," he added. The World Bank in Egypt www.worldbank.org/en/country/egypt/overview [accessed 18 April
2021] The
World Bank Group is preparing a new Systematic Country Diagnosis (SCD) to
inform the new CPF 2022–2026, with job creation and socio-economic inclusion
the core theme. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Egypt-ECONOMY.html [accessed 28 December 2020] The
Egyptian economy has been historically agricultural, with cotton as the
mainstay. Land prices are extremely high because of the shortage of arable
land, and output of food is not sufficient to meet the needs of a 2.1%
population growth rate as of 2003. Although Egypt has expanded its private
sector in recent years, industry remains centrally controlled and for the
most part government owned; since the 1950s, the government has developed the
petroleum, services, and construction sectors, largely at the expense of agriculture. All
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