{"id":56244,"date":"2020-06-02T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csregypt.com\/?p=56244"},"modified":"2020-06-02T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T21:29:48","slug":"afdb-to-provide-500000-to-back-egypt-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csregypt.com\/en\/afdb-to-provide-500000-to-back-egypt-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"AfDB to provide $500,000 to back Egypt against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\">African Development Bank (AfDB)<\/a> allocated a $500,000 emergency assistance grant to Egypt to provide food relief, and to contribute to restoring the livelihoods of vulnerable populations severely affected by COVID 19.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The AfDB intervention will seek to complement ongoing activities by Egypt\u2019s government to mitigate the effects of the virus pandemic on Egyptians.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Egyptian government\u2019s Action Plan for COVID-19 aims to preserve the gains made by the Egyptian economy and has earmarked EGP 100 billion (approximately $6.6 billion) in a funding package to help fight the spread of COVID-19 and bankroll treatment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Egypt\u2019s cabinet has also announced a raft of measures to mitigate against the effects of the pandemic. These include paying EGP 500 monthly salary for informal workers whose livelihoods were disrupted for three months; providing EGP 1 billion for exporters as part of a package of measures aimed at supporting the industrial sector; and easing measures and procedures for micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) to allow access to finance in support of business operation and employee retention.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The bank\u2019s extension of emergency assistance funding is based on the scale of the emergency triggered by the pandemic which is clearly an urgent challenge the government is combating; and the proposed activities can be carried out expeditiously and effectively within the required time frame.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Development Bank (AfDB) allocated a $500,000 emergency assistance grant to Egypt to provide food relief, and to contribute to restoring the livelihoods of vulnerable populations severely affected by COVID 19. 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