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Cairo’s Rough, Crowded, and Vital Underground Artery

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMaria GoliaMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 27, 2015 03:37 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/cairo-metro-everythings-connected Inaugurated in 1987, Cairo’s Metro was Africa’s first inner-city underground and the embodiment of Hosni Mubarak’s promise to modernize Egypt’s infrastructure. It is hard to think of a Mubarak-era project that was better planned, more efficiently executed, or has...

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Egypt’s Short and Long-Term Challenges

2015Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMiddle East InstitutePaperPaul SalemSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
May 27, 2015 03:33 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Paul Salem Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypts-short-and-long-term-challenges In the year since being elected to the presidency, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has consolidated a ruling coalition, restored economic growth, and brought back considerable stability to the country after four years of turmoil. But this has come with a harsh crackdown...

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Sinai Tribes: Between the Egyptian State and the Islamic State

2015EgyptPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiThe Institute For National Security StudiesZack Gold
May 18, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-tribes-between-the-egyptian-state-and-the-islamic-state/ The jihadist insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is taking an increasing toll on the local population and its tribal society. To confront this challenge, leaders of tribes from across the peninsula met on May...

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Reforming Religious Discourse in Egypt

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHassan MneimnehIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMediaMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 14, 2015 03:34 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hassan Mneimneh Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/reforming-religious-discourse-egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has earned numerous accolades, domestic and international, for his repeated calls for religious discourse away from extremism. Sisi has expressed the conviction that the proclivity to radicalism and conflict is not...

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Egypt: Between Chaos, Authoritarianism, and Democracy

2015Amr El-ShokabiDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 13, 2015 03:46 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amr El-Shokabi Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/node/20431 The literature on democratic transitions from the last 50 years has emphasized the process of transforming an authoritarian state into a democracy. Much has been written about negotiations between ancien regimes and democratic forces, particularly the bridges that must be made between elements...

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In Sinai, Egypt Faces Tough Task to Counter Instability

2015Andre CollingEgyptInternational Peace InstitutePaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
May 13, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/05/sinai-egypt-isis-al-qaeda/ Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is increasingly being affected by high levels of conflict and instability, which has left hundreds of people dead and thousands more wounded since 2011. The latest of these attacks reportedly occurred earlier today, when four...

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Egypt’s Deregulated Property Market: A Crisis of Affordability

2015EconomyEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaperYahia Shawkat
May 05, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Yahia Shawkat Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypts-deregulated-property-market-crisis-affordability What Egyptians call the azmit al-iskan—the housing crisis—is exemplified by the 1986 movie, Karakon fi-l-Shari‘a, or Prison in the Street. The film depicts a typical middle class family that, evicted from its condemned home, must resort to...

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Working Paper- Wages and Inequality in the Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Financial Crisis and Revolution

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptMona SaidPaper
May 01, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mona Said Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/wages-and-inequality-in-the-egyptian-labor-market-in-an-era-of-financial-crisis-and-revolution/ Abstract: This paper investigates the pattern of wages and wage inequality in Egypt over the period 1988-2012, a time of substantial economic and political changes, including the recent global...

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Working Paper- Flexible Labor Regulations and Informality in Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptJackline WahbaPaperRagui Assaad
May 01, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Jackline Wahba, Ragui Assaad Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/flexible-labor-regulations-and-informality-in-egypt/ Abstract: Do flexible labor market regulations reduce informal employment? This paper examines the effects of changes in labor regulations on the incidence of formal employment. Using the case of Egypt, we study the effects...

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Working Paper- MSEs Informality and Productivity: Evidence From Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHala Abou-AliPaperReham Rizk
May 01, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hala Abou-Ali, Reham Rizk Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/mses-informality-and-productivity-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of informality on household enterprise performance in terms of productivity and size of output. Furthermore, it pinpoints informality determinants with respect to different types of...

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Working Paper- Informality and Socio-Economic Well-Being of Women in Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHala Abou-AliPaperReham RizkWomen Affairs
May 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Reham Rizk, Hala Abou-Ali Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/informality-and-socio-economic-well-being-of-women-in-egypt/ Abstract: The paper attempts to quantify the impact of informal employment on women’s contribution to the household budget. It further pinpoints the socio-economic factors that affect women’s struggle to meet their...

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