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Energy Consumption 68Agriculture 69Tourism 69The Impact of Environmental Pollution on Health 70Water Resources 70Water Quality 70Irrigation Wastewater 71Industrial Wastewater 71Drinking Water 71Air Pollution 71Waste Management 73Municipal Solid Waste 73Health Care Waste 73Radioactive Waste 73Agricultural Waste 73Construction and Demolition Waste 73Respects for Human Resource Development 74Policy Recommendations and Planning Implications 74The Depreciations Approach 76The User-Cost Approach 76Chapter Five: Egypt’s Position in Technology and Information Led Globalization 78The Digital Divide 79The Digital Divide in Egypt 79Is the Digital Gap Narrowing in Egypt? 80Telephone Density 80Mobile Phones 80The E-Government Program 82Threats 82Opportunities 83Characteristics of the Digital Divide in Egypt 83Urban/Rural Divide 84High Income/Low Income Divide 84Literate/Illiterate Divide 85Bilingual/Single Language Divide 86The National Program for Closing the Digital Gap 86Strategies and Policies 86Programs and Projects 86Infrastructure 87Human Resource Development 87Mass Access Centers (MAC) 88Globalization and Technology 88Restrictive Globalization in Pharmaceuticals 89The Technological Factor 89The Economic Factor 89Integrations and Acquisitions 89Strategic Alliances 90The Legal Factor 91Transfer of Foreign Technology to the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Industry 92How to Deal with the Globalization of Restricted Technology in Pharmaceutical Sector 92