The new government launched a new social support package worth LE40 billion during a televised press conference on Sunday. Of the total, LE15 billion will go to the Haya Karima…
The pandemic exposed flaws in the way social protection is thought about in Egypt
The budget fails to meet the constitutionally mandated spending minimum for health and education.
"Now is absolutely not the right time to cut beneficiaries out of food subsidies”
Some MPs voted against the budget due to high borrowing costs and low social spending
The decision comes amid a raft of other economic measures
«The question before us now is: How do individuals fit into social protection systems?»
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