Egypt’s poverty rate rises to 5% in 2019: World Bank official

Egypt’s poverty rate rises to 5% in 2019: World Bank official

The World Bank Group's Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, Mahmoud Mohieldin, said that Egypt's poverty rate increased to five percent in 2019, compared to 2.6 percent in 2015. During the Arab Week on Sustainable Development, Mohieldin stressed that development is impossible as long as the poverty rate continues to rise. He added that poverty is “¦ Continued

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