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Maya Morsi Highlights 63% Poverty Drop
Dr. Mayar Mostafa, Minister of Social Solidarity, highlighted the results of studies issued by the World Bank in 2026, which show that the "Decent Life" initiative for rural Egyptian development has contributed to increasing the probability of escaping poverty by 63%. She confirmed that cash transfer programs not only impact beneficiary households directly but also become more effective, as each transferred pound generates approximately 2.09 pounds of national income, and contributes 70 pence to the income of non-beneficiary households in the same village. The total economic impact amounts to around 1.7 pounds for every pound transferred. Estimates also suggest that the program adds an annual income of 76.5 billion Egyptian pounds to beneficiary households and 38.5 billion to non-beneficiaries, while directly supporting employment opportunities—each million pounds of transfers creates about 11.3 jobs, including 9 low-skilled jobs, thereby strengthening the most vulnerable groups. On the health front, a decline in child mortality rates of between 40% and 60% has been observed among beneficiary families, avoiding roughly 14,000 deaths annually. Early participation in antenatal care increased by 16.6%, and the rate of low birth weight among children decreased by 14.1%, reflecting improvements in health indicators for both mothers and children due to social protection programs.
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