... during the 1990s. In Jordan, the propor-tion living below the national poverty linedeclined from 15 percent in 1991 to 12 percent in 1997, and in Tunisia it dropped from 7 percent in 1990 to ... to own and inherit property, equal access to labormarkets, increased representation in government,and an end to discrimination and violence againstwomen. New indicators will be developed to monitor ... Ministry ofPlanning, Egypt’s poverty rates declinedduring the 1990s—from 24 percent livingbelow the national poverty line in 1990 to 17 percent in 2000. But the number ofpeople living in...