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Egypt still lags behind other southern Mediterranean countries in several social, economic and business development indicators. Not with standing an historically solid growth recorded (4.2 per cent on average in the last two decades, slightly below the MENA region average of 4.7 per cent), per capita income remains one of the lowest in the region (around US$ 10,900 at Purchasing Power Parity - PPP), unemployment is persistently high (again above 10 per cent since 2011) and a large share of the population continues to live in poverty (more than a quarter below the national p