{"id":638530,"date":"2017-10-08T03:50:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T03:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/08\/poverty-rate-in-egypt-stands-at-29-maait\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T03:50:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T03:50:12","slug":"poverty-rate-in-egypt-stands-at-29-maait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/08\/poverty-rate-in-egypt-stands-at-29-maait\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty rate in Egypt stands at 29% -Maait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s poverty rate currently hovers around 28-29%, Vice Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said at a conference yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Story\/348363\/14\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-29%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A6%D8%A9\">Al Mal reports<\/a>. GDP per capita has also seen a drop, Maait said without providing figures. These indicators are compounded by the unemployment rate, which \u2014 despite having eased to 11.9% from a previous 14% \u2014 remains elevated, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s poverty rate currently hovers around 28-29%, Vice Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said at a conference yesterday, Al Mal reports. GDP per capita has also seen a drop, Maait said without providing figures. 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