自70年代中期以来,埃及掀起了一股劳务出口浪潮。埃及中央动员和统计署在一份报告中说,1976年埃及出国劳务人员就已达142.5万人,而到1984年竟高达344.3万人。这批劳工大部分在阿拉伯国家,主要是伊拉克,沙特及科威特等。此外,还有50万移民主要集中在美国、加拿大、澳大利亚及巴西等4个国家。进入80年代中期以后,埃及劳务出口热开始减弱。这一方面是因为海湾国家石油收入减少,经济出现困难,政府预算减少;另一方面这些国家在过去20年里致力于发展本国教育,已经培养出一大批自己的技术和管理人员。不过专家们认为,埃及劳务出口的下降幅度不会太大,一些国家对埃及劳工的需求还会维持现状或有所回升,特别对科技人员、大型机械和精密仪器的维修人员以及农业和生产型工 Since the mid-1970s, Egypt has launched a wave of labor exports. Egypt’s Central Mobilization and Statistics Agency said in a report that in 1976 Egypt had reached 1,425,000 overseas workers and by 1984 it had as many as 3,443,000. Most of these workers are in Arab countries, mainly in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. In addition, there are 500,000 immigrants are mainly concentrated in the United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil, four countries. After entering the mid-1980s, Egypt’s labor export heat began to weaken. This is partly due to the reduced oil revenues in the Gulf countries, the economic difficulties and the reduction of government budgets. On the other hand, these countries have been devoting their efforts to developing their own education over the past two decades and have developed a large number of their own technical and managerial personnel. However, experts believe that the decline in labor exports in Egypt will not be too large, and some countries will continue to see the demand for Egyptian laborers recover or rise, especially for scientists and technicians, maintenance of large-scale machinery and precision instruments as well as agricultural and production work