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Civil servants\u2019 wages are eating up far too much of the country\u2019s resources<\/strong> \u2014 and allowing them to account for the lion\u2019s share of expenditures in the upcoming fiscal year\u2019s budget suggests that funding development is not a priority for cabinet, Ashraf El Barbary writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. The bloated budget for state employees could have been put to better use had it been allocated to the country\u2019s education development program, which El Barbary fears is sorely lacking the necessary financing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Civil servants\u2019 wages are eating up far too much of the country\u2019s resources \u2014 and allowing them to account for the lion\u2019s share of expenditures in the upcoming fiscal year\u2019s budget suggests that funding development is not a priority for cabinet, Ashraf El Barbary writes for Al Shorouk. 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