The government is making a tremendous effort to increase land through development, such as in the Sinai and in Toshka. If we use water for other reasons, it will not flow to the Delta. As for urban areas, water should be priced in a way that will encourage people to be more careful about how they use it. The establishment of tariffs will take into account the very poor. For example, the first cubic metre will cost one amount and the rest will cost another.
Poor people can access water at a low price.
If people want to consume much more, and take three showers a day, for example, they should pay for it. Egypt was included on the IFC's Investable Composite Index last November. The inclusion of Egypt in the index would not have had a major impact on the performance itself. We are looking at things now which two years ago were not put on the table, discussed or even published, such as the privatisation of electricity projects, cement companies, and licenses for mobile phone companies. But, in relation to other countries, Egypt still has a very long way to go.