Egyptian Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala el-Said said world economies had bore the brunt of Covid-19 pandemic, with a serious plunge in investment rates that triggered labor market instability, along with the pandemics’ negative impact afflicting the education process.
Egypt attaches top attention to development as a fundamental human right aspect, in line with a national human rights strategy President Abdel Fattah El Sisi launched in 2016 within the framework of Egypt 2030 Vision.
She accentuated the importance of giving attention to environmental, as well as societal dimensions of the impoverished and embracing disabled people into the development process, with a view to securing rights of future regenerations in preserving natural resources.
The minister affirmed all human-rights discourses fall as part of president Sisi’s initiative advocating citizens’ economic, political and civil rights including empowering women and people of determination.
Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala al-Said referred to the strategic approach President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has outlined ever since the outbreak of the pandemic advocating a balance between health precautionary measures adopted to preserve citizens’ health and pressing ahead with economic development.
The minister said the government extended full support to the sectors that mostly suffered from Covid-19 implications, including the tourism and aviation sectors, as they totally endured the woes of the pandemic, along with the sectors partially hurt including the small and medium-sized enterprises.
She noted that the government introduced a set of measures such as putting off due financial advances and offering related-installment facilitations on due debts through soft loans to protect entities and help them meet debt repayments.
The minister also underscored the importance of Haya Karima (Decent Life) initiative in improving the quality of life and services in rural areas across Egypt.
Al-Said pointed out to a 10-14 per cent decrease in poverty rates in 375 villages included in the initiative.
According to the minister, president Sisi will announce the launching of the Egyptian Family Development Project within the upcoming few weeks to be integrated with a series of multiple presidential initiatives in the fields of healthcare and community protection.
Addressing the youth, the minister said that real poverty lies in poor determination, asserting the importance of continued education and training, citing academies established upon the president’s directives to hone youth leadership skills and help them acquire various abilities.
