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Figure 4: Poverty rates in Egypt (1996-2008)* 

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* Percentage of population below lower poverty line (poor & extreme poor).  

Source: Combined from; World Bank (2009a), Economic Growth, Inequality & Poverty: Social Mobility in Egypt 2005-2008, MNA 

Knowledge and Learning Fast Brief, Issue Number 47699, World Bank and Institute of Developing Countries (2008), Sustainable 

Development and Poverty Reduction under Mubarak’s Program, IDE Discussion Paper No. 145, and El-Laithy, Heba, Michael Lokshin 

and Arup Banerji (2003), "Poverty and Economic Growth in Egypt: 1995-2000", World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3068, 

Washington D.C.: World Bank.