Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Ashour Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-position-on-global-indices-declining/ International indices and reports are periodically produced by international institutions, whether governmental or independent, for those who are interested in understanding what is going on in the world and its expected trends in the future...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Khalid Abu-Ismail Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2018/10/01/galal-amin-egyptian-middle-class/ A sense of ‘defeat’ among the Egyptian middle class was the main motivation for the uprising of 25 January 2011. In a tribute to economics professor Galal Amin, who passed away last month, this column explores what his analysis would suggest lay...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mohamed Hamama Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/one-resignation-after-another-why-are-doctors-disappearing-from-government-hospitals/ Recent months have seen a spike in the number of Health Ministry doctors requesting unpaid leave or resigning from their positions, leading some to speculate that it will not...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/27/feature/politics/egypt-backs-out-of-verbal-agreement-on-4-7-year-timeframe-to-fill-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-reservoir/ The irrigation ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the latest recommendations on the time frame to fill the Grand Ethiopian...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author(s): Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/sale-prison-canteen-%E2%80%9Caqrab%E2%80%9D-prison Whether in “Aqrab” or Tora Farm, Qanater or Minya prison, there is a need to investigate and address the deepening marketization of prison life: how prisoners’ most basic needs—those that the prison authorities are required to provide by...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-security-economic-developments-in-sinai/ The seventh month of the Egyptian Army’s comprehensive military operation “Sinai 2018” is characterized by the return of the old guard to the scene. Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has recently appointed Maj. General Mohamed Abdul Fadel Shousha as...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-and-destruction-of-economy-full-text/ With this famous statement, “Tomorrow, you’ll see Egypt”, General-turned-president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi launched his promises of stability and achievement of economic welfare to the Egyptian people in 2013. The Egyptians thought...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/effects-of-gerd-construction-delay-red-sea-security-lead-positive-talks-in-addis-ababa/ The Tuesday talks attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and General Intelligence Service Director Abbas Kamel in Addis Ababa were “positive,” an Ethiopian diplomat tells Mada Masr...
Learn MoreSource: Washington Institute Author(s): Barak Barfi Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/breaking-the-stalemate-in-the-egypt-ethiopia-dam-dispute On July 26, the chief engineer of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Simegnew Bekele, died under mysterious circumstances. Two days earlier, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed revealed that the project could take another...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/reduction-of-subsidy-and-egypts-financial-situation/ Subsidy in Egypt, a thorny issue, is usually addressed in light of government decisions to reduce it, which accordingly leads to raising the prices of goods and services. But subsidy is not new in many economies, even those of developed...
Learn MoreSource: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Tareq Baconi Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_the_end_is_nile_international_cooperation_on_egypts_water_crisis Egypt’s concern about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has gained a new intensity. Since its launch in 2011, the project has elicited a mixture of denial and opposition from Cairo – despite the...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-6/ XXVI- Funding For Youth Projects Implicates the Egyptian Banks The Egyptian economic management has been witnessing false performance and undergoing weaknesses and lack of coordination between its components since the military coup in Egypt...
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