NEW YORK – A glance at Egypt’s public finances reveals a disturbing fact: the interest that the country pays on its foreign loans is larger than its budget for education, healthcare, and housing combined. Indeed, these debt-service costs alone account for 22% of the Egyptian government’s total expenditures.
纽约——埃及公共财政揭示了一个令人不安的事实：付给外国贷款的利息超过了教育、医疗和住房预算之和。事实上，债务利息支出一项就占到了埃及政府总支出的22%。