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RURAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

considered one of the most precious natural resources at the national

level, as well as preservation of water quality and air quality alike.

 Promoting Economic Growth: the stimulation of the local economic

development, mobilization of resources and elaboration of new

financial mechanisms to create more job opportunities, which are

appropriate to the market demands.

 Social Development and Equity: improvement of the quality of basic

public services, narrowing the rural – urban gap on the national and

regional level alike and promoting gender equality.

Sustainability objectives in rural Egypt

Social

 Decrease the rate of population growth
 Eradicate poverty
 Eliminate illiteracy

 Improve the level of education status
 Promote gender equality
 Improve the level of health status
 Provide formal low cost housing units
 Provide security and emergency services

Economic

 Reduce the unemployment rate
 Increase the rate of women's participation in labor force
 Promote resources mobilization
Environmental

 Protection of agricultural land
 Conservation of water resources
 Improving air quality

 Ensure that all citizens have access to adequate sanitary system
 Improve the quality of potable water
 Utilization of sustainable patterns of agriculture
 Secure the village from the risk of high tension electric cables

penetrating residential areas

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