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Sink or Swim: Egypt’s Anticipated Currency Float

2016 Economy Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

October 03, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/sink-or-swim-egypts-anticipated-currency-float/ Tarek Amer, the governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), announced in July that Egypt’s longstanding policy of defending the Egyptian pound (LE) against devaluation had been a “grave error.” The strategy had slowly...

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Working Paper- Energy Subsidy Reform in Egypt: The Gender – “Energy” Poverty Nexus

2016 Economic Research Forum Economy Fatma El-Hamidi Paper Women Affairs

October 01, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Fatma El-Hamidi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/energy-subsidy-reform-in-egypt-the-gender-energy-poverty-nexus/ Abstract: The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of the current energy reform policy on household expenditures along gender and regional lines. Gender analysis helps to identify constraints such as transportation...

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Working Paper: Trade between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia: Prospects and Challenges for Trilateral Trade Integration

2016 Ebaidalla Mahjoub Ebaidalla Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Paper

October 01, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ebaidalla Mahjoub Ebaidalla Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/trade-between-egypt-sudan-and-ethiopia-prospects-and-challenges-for-trilateral-trade-integration/ Abstract: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia possess potential natural and human resources, which can entail successful trade integration between the three countries. This paper investigates...

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Egypt, National Case Study

2016 Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Culture, Education and Development Egypt Paper

September 30, 2016 03:37 am

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Source: Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Author(s): American University Cairo Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/sahwa_papers/national_case_study/egypt_national_case_study/(language)/eng-US Overview: This report presents and compiles all the ethnographic fieldwork data that the AUC Forum research team has conducted for the SAHWA project. The...

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“We Are in Tombs” Abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison

2016 Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

September 28, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/09/28/we-are-tombs/abuses-egypts-scorpion-prison Summary: “It was designed so that those who go in don’t come out again unless dead. It was designed for political prisoners.” –Ibrahim Abd al-Ghaffar, former warden, during a television interview in 2012 Since July 2013, when Egypt’s military, led by...

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I.M.F. Reforms Not Enough to Repair Egypt’s Economy

2016 Achment Gonim Democracy and Politics Economy Foreign Relations Hossam Abougabal Middle East Institute Paper

September 26, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hossam Abougabal, Achment Gonim Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/imf-reforms-not-enough-repair-egypt-s-economy Addressing Egypt’s economic woes remains a matter of urgency for the stability of the government and the country as a whole. Egypt’s economic recovery plan, which was spearheaded by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2015...

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Egypt’s Parliament Opens the Door for More Repression

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Judicial Affairs Paper

September 22, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/09/22/egypt-s-parliament-opens-door-for-more-repression-pub-64666 Recently, Egypt’s parliament has approved — without revision — almost all of the 342 presidential-decree laws issued by then-Interim President Adly Mansour and by President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. Despite the clear autocratic nature...

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Like a Hole in the Head

2016 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Michele Dunne Paper

September 21, 2016 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64611 When an Egyptian delegation heads to Quito for the October 17-20 Habitat III conference—a United Nations gathering of government officials, city planners, and urbanization experts that takes place once every 20 years—perennial issues, such as the availability of affordable housing and how to...

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The Shrinking Independence of Egypt’s Labor Unions

2016 Carnegie Civil Society Paper Unknown

September 20, 2016 05:52 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Giuseppe Acconcia Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64634 President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is turning against the unions that have helped put him in power. The state has set its sights on the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (Al-Ittihad al-Masri lil-Naqabat al-Mustaqilla, EFITU), which operates as a large umbrella of...

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A New Law in Old Bottles

2016 Carnegie Egypt Georges Fahmi Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper

September 16, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Dr Georges Fahmi Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64602 At the end of August the Egyptian parliament passed a law on the construction and restoration of churches. It is the first law to regulate such construction, which was previously governed by vague rules based on administrative decisions issued in the 1930s, and that placed many...

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Standing in Agreement: Egypt’s Parliament Risks Becoming Rubber Stamp

2016 Brad Youngblood Democracy and Politics Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 09, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Brad Youngblood Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/standing-in-agreement-egypts-parliament-risks-becoming-rubber-stamp/ A lack of quorum had already forced Egypt’s parliament to recess for 30 minutes when Speaker Ali Abdel ‘Al decided to call for two successive votes by show of hands and two more votes via standing in...

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Working Paper- Why is Fertility on the Rise in Egypt? The Role of Women’s Employment Opportunities

2016 Caroline Krafft Economic Research Forum Economy Paper Women Affairs

September 01, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Caroline Krafft Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/why-is-fertility-on-the-rise-in-egypt-the-role-of-womens-employment-opportunities/ Abstract: Can declining employment opportunities for women reverse the fertility transition? This paper presents new evidence that the demographic transition has not just stalled, but in fact reversed in...

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