(From Sunday, October 19, 2003 to Monday, October 20, 2003)
The conference was designed to support the reform process in Egypt by suggesting ways to maximize the benefits from public expenditures while ensuring macroeconomic stability, efficiency and equity. It addressed the best way to ensure fiscal and public debt sustainability in Egypt; how to maximize the returns from public investment and expenditures on health, education, and subsidy programs; and the alternative strategies for civil service reform and improving the budgetary process.