Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 19 - 25 November 1998 Issue No.404
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The South-South Initiative conference was the forum for a review of developments since the ICPD. Gihan Shahine attended discussions and reviews the progress made
Better, not more At a four-day conference in Cairo last week, population and reproductive health workers from government institutions and NGOs in developing countries shared experiences, rejoiced over success and analysed failure	Reaching women Despite Egypt's relative success in the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, population experts agree that more efforts are needed to bring down fertility rates. Egyptian NGO workers, too, feel they have achieved much -- but far from enough
Out of sight, out of time While development efforts are making a real difference in the lives of many Egyptians, neglect has turned Al-Mo'tamidiya into a wasteland of informal settlements

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