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Egypt sets launch date for National Economic Transformation Program
October 22, 2026 at 09:28 PM
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Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Issa announced the program will be launched before the end of December 2026.
- Issa made the announcement at a session of the Egypt 2026 Forum, attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and central bank governor Hassan Abdalla.
- Issa said the program, covering 2027–2030, targets a more productive, sustainable and competitive economy with a larger private-sector role.
- Issa named raising citizens' living standards as the program's main objective.
- Issa said program-based and performance budgeting will be applied for the first time in fiscal year 2027–2028.
- Officials at the session said the program prepares Egypt for its post-IMF-program period, building on earlier economic reforms.


