Internally, Nasser had destroyed the political and…
September 1970 CE
Education and employment opportunities have been made available to all Egyptians regardless of class or sex.
Women are encouraged to get an education and go to work as part of the national struggle for economic progress and development.
After the revolution, women had at last been granted the right to vote.
Nasser had emphasized social programs to improve the living and working conditions of the peasants and workers, such as the electrification of villages, worker housing, minimum wage laws, decreased working hours, and worker participation in management.
Industrialization has intensified, and the country has become less dependent on the export of cotton.
The economy has grown at acceptable rates in spite of some problems.
After the June 1967 War, however, the military expenditures had begun to absorb about twenty-five percent of Egypt's gross national product.
Also, the population increase that had begun in the 1940s has begun to overtake the economic advances.
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