EBRD earmarks up to $75 m to back Jordan’s MSMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing up to $ 75 million ...
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EGP 298.3 bn investments in 1st phase of Haya Karima..4 villages meet World Green Building standards
About EGP 298.3 billion is estimated as the value of investments in the First Phase ...
IFC’s largest-ever social bond raises $2bn, rated as “excellent” by Sustainable Fitch
The International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s largest-ever social bond issuance, raising $2 billion with an $11 ...
Study: Foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low, middle-income countries
A new study exploring the effects of international student mobility has found that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme ...
Report: Over half of world population under social protection..3.8 bn people still unprotected
The World Social Protection Report 2024-26 uncovered that more than half of the world’s population are ...
Egypt’s social protection allocations hit EGP 550 bn in 2023-2024 FY – min.
Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk said Egypt’s social protection allocations hit EGP 550 billion in the ...
World Bank: Ambitious plan to back 500 million people under fight against hunger, poverty
The World Bank unveiled an ambitious plan to scale up social protection programs, working alongside ...
How UNFPA’s “Saeed-Hub” empowers social entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt?
“Saeed-Hub” – launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in cooperation with the National ...
IFAD official: We are working with Egypt, regional countries to address water challenges
Zeinab Awad, the Country Program Coordinator of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Egypt ...
EBRD extends $ 119.5m loan to NBE to back MSMEsin Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending an initial $ 119.5 million ...
Eight presidential directives on Labor Day for decent life of all social strata
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued eight directives on the Labor Day to ensure providing ...
IKEA Supply, IOM partner to promote inclusion of migrant workers
IKEA Supply AG and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) team up to promote the ...
4.6 m households benefited from Egypt’s Takaful& Karama as of Dec 2023
About 4.6 million households – estimated at 17 million individuals – benefited from Egypt’s Takaful ...
Sisi highlights keenness on upping expenditure on social protection
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi highlighted keenness on supporting social safety nets, increasing the percentage ...
Agritourism beacon of hope for Egypt to create resilient livelihoods, promote sustainability
Agritourism has become a beacon of hope for Egypt to unlock immense potentials for achieving ...
199,620 Egyptians benefited from World Bank job program as of Dec
ِAbout 199,620 Egyptians benefited from the World Bank project of “Catalyzing Entrepreneurship for Job Creation” ...
Climate change set to leave 236 million more women, girls hungry by 2030
Climate change is accelerating persistent poverty gaps. Climate change is set to leave 236 million ...
Egypt’s EGP 180 bn social protection package is largest of its kind
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered allocating an EGP 180 billion urgent social protection package ...
UNDP official identifies three major trends shaping poverty
Marcos Neto, United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and ...
Global initiative to mobilize $1.125 trln funding for social enterprises
Over a dozen of world-leading companies endorsed the Rise Ahead Pledge – which was launched ...
$19 m grants from Switzerland for drinking water, sewage projects in Upper Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation announced the signing of two grants worth $19 million ...