Nazif: Improving salaries, expanding social insurance, top priorities
Egypt, Politics, 1/31/2006

Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif tole the parliament the "social dimension, improving people's income, low-income brackets and expanding the umbrella of social insurance top the government's priorities in the coming period,"

A government report quoted the priority as:
I: Creating job opportunities and encouraging young people to establish small-scale projects.
II: Encouraging investments in the different sectors and encouraging the private sector to participate in implementing and managing the infrastructure and service projects.

III: Increasing civil servants' salaries by 75-100 per cent and expanding the umbrella of the social insurances.

V: Upgrading the level of services, especially in the fields of education, health, transport and housing.

VI: Introducing legislative reforms to help push forward economic development and modernize the banking system.

VII: Developing the political and legislative atmosphere to cope with the country's economic reforms.

VIII: Continuing efforts to boost Egypt's stance on the Arab and international arenas.

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