Economy – Page 31 – Middle East Policy Platform

U.S. Aid to Egypt Should Hinge on Rule of Law

2017 Brad Youngblood Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 13, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Brad Youngblood Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/u-s-aid-to-egypt-should-hinge-on-rule-of-law/ The United States Department of State announced three weeks ago that it would withhold $95.7 million in aid from Egypt and delay a further $195 million because of the country’s lack of respect for human rights. This...

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Working Paper- Firm Productivity, Technology and Export Status, What Can We Learn from Egyptian Industries?

2017 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mohamed El Arbi Chaffai Paper Patrick Plane

September 01, 2017 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed El Arbi Chaffai, Patrick Plane Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/firm-productivity-technology-and-export-status-what-can-we-learn-from-egyptian-industries/ Abstract: We explore to what extent the export status and technological choices are related to firm Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Egyptian industrial firms are investigated...

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A Reading in Egypt’s Development Plan 2017/2018

2017 Abdelhafez Alsawy Culture, Education and Development Economy Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

August 29, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/a-reading-in-egypts-development-plan-2017-2018/ Planning is not a dream in the void. However, one of the initial steps of proper planning is to know the correct data about resources and needs. Egypt’s Ministry of Planning, as well as the National Planning Institute had been a source of...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Developments in U.S.-Egypt Aid Relationship

2017 Civil Society Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

August 24, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-developments-in-u-s-egypt-aid-relationship/ RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UPDATE, September 7, 2017: On September 6, the office of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), vice-chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, issued a summary of the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations, and...

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From Reform to Revolution: A Schism in the Muslim Brotherhood and the Rise of Homegrown Jihadism in Mainland Egypt

2017 Alexander Velez-Green Centre For Security Studies Economy Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

August 23, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Alexander Velez-Green Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/79e5683c-75a3-4489-9afc-d24add764626/pdf Snapshot: According to Alexander Velez-Green, the Egyptian terrorism landscape is shifting in disturbing ways. For instance, Egypt is confronting the so-called Islamic State’s affiliate Wilayat...

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Financing Egypt’s “Missing Middle”

2017 Becky Allen Council On Foreign Relations Economy Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Paper

August 16, 2017 05:55 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Becky Allen Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/financing-egypts-missing-middle This post is co-authored by Becky Allen, a research associate in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) recently launched an initiative that will dedicate approximately $1.6...

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Working Paper- The Effect of Mothers’ Employment on Youth Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence From Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Maia Sieverding May Gadallah Paper Rania Roushdy Women Affairs Youth

August 01, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Maia Sieverding, Rania Roushdy, May Gadallah Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-effect-of-mothers-employment-on-youth-gender-role-attitudes-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: Cross-nationally, having a working mother during childhood is associated with more egalitarian attitudes among both adult men and women. However, no previous studies...

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Working Paper- How Gender Biased Are Female-Headed Household Transfers in Egypt?

2017 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Lobna Abdellatif Mohamed Ramadan Paper Sarah Elbakry Women Affairs Youth

August 01, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Lobna AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan, Sarah Elbakry Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/how-gender-biased-are-female-headed-household-transfers-in-egypt/ Abstract: In this paper, we claim that the policy of targeting female-headed households’ (FHHs) may generate bias against women in male-headed households (MHHs) who may be more...

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Kafka in Cairo

2017 Chatham House Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Helen Fitzwilliam Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

July 30, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Helen Fitzwilliam Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/kafka-cairo When the regime of Hosni Mubarak fell during the 2011 revolution, many diaspora Egyptians returned home, bringing with them the latest ideas in science, technology and medicine to build the nascent democracy. But when that modern state failed to materialize, they ran for...

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Egyptian Debt: the Road to the Abyss

2017 Ashraf Dawaba Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

July 26, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Ashraf Dawaba Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-debt-the-road-to-the-abyss/ Egyptian Debt: the Road to the Abyss In its introduction, the study explains that public debt is one of the important issues that have direct impact on the economics of the countries and its people’s standard of living and the future of current and

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Inequality of opportunity in Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Economy Egypt Paper The Brookings Institution

July 25, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2017/07/25/inequality-of-opportunity-in-egypt/ It is rare to read an account of the Arab Spring uprisings without a reference to economic injustice. Indeed, it is natural to believe that economic and social injustice fuel, if not cause, all revolutions. For this...

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Egypt’s Ad Campaign for Investment Law Glosses over Economic Challenges

2017 Economy Judicial Affairs Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

July 20, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-ad-campaign-for-investment-law-glosses-over-economic-challenges/ A television commercial showed beautiful young people walking out on their daily jobs, launching a homemade jam company, a food truck, or a designer furniture store. A voiceover promised that the...

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