Egypt Must Strengthen Budget Institutions to Curb Mounting Budget Deficit

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed Zaky Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/egypt-must-strengthen-budget-institutions-to-curb-mounting-budget-deficit/ Abstract: • Since the January 2011 popular revolution, the budget deficit in Egypt has worsened. • A new strategy announced by the government to contain the budget deficit and control public debt includes many measures...

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A Fragile Egypt in a Changing World: Six Years After the Revolution

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/a-fragile-egypt-in-a-changing-world-six-years-after-the-revolution/ Amid turmoil in the Middle East and changes in world leadership, much has been made of Egypt’s stability, but already in 2017 we have seen how much of this is illusory, with terrorism, sectarianism, and...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Omnibus Spending Bill Reflects Changes to U.S. Assistance to Egypt

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-omnibus-spending-bill-reflects-changes-to-u-s-assistance-to-egypt/ Snapshot: On May 5, President Donald Trump signed the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill into law, legislating funding levels for U.S. government programs, including the State and Foreign...

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The IMF is neither the problem nor the solution

Source: Madamasr Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/05/11/opinion/u/the-imf-is-neither-the-problem-nor-the-solution/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank were established post-Second World War, in 1944, to prevent a recurrence of the Great Depression and establish balances in the international economic system. The IMF aimed to remedy deficits in...

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Working Paper- The Arab Spring and the Employability of Youth: Early Evidence From Egypt

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Irène Selwaness, Rania Roushdy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-arab-spring-and-the-employability-of-youth-early-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: This paper investigates the school-to-work transition of young people from subsequent graduation cohorts between 2005 and 2012 in Egypt. The analysis compares the early employment outcomes of...

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Working Paper- Is Internal Migration A Way to Cope With Climate Change? Evidence From Egypt

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed El Hedi Arouri, Adel Ben Youssef, Nguyen Viet Cuong Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-internal-migration-a-way-to-cope-with-climate-change-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: In this study, we examine the effect of extreme weather events on migration among governorates in Egypt using migration gravity models and data from the 1996...

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The United States’ Assistance for Egypt

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/04/25/united-states-assistance-for-egypt-pub-68756 Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Leahy, Subcommittee members, thank you for this opportunity to address the subcommittee. The problem for United States’ assistance to Egypt is precisely this: how can the United States best support an important...

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A Seesaw for Sisi in Washington

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/68656 The April 9 killing of 49 Coptic Christian worshippers in two suicide bombings in Tanta and Alexandria was generally portrayed in media outlets as a setback for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after a triumphant week when he visited the United States. But while the terrorist attacks...

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Educated young women employment decisions in Egypt: A qualitative account

Source: Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Author(s): Ghada Barsoum Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/sahwa_papers/scientific_paper/educated_young_Women_s_employment_decisions_in_egypt_a_qualitative_account/(language)/eng-US Overview: Despite decades of increased access to education, women’s conspicuous absence from the labour market in Egypt, and...

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Policy Brief- Mubarak Freed, Egypt Shrugs

Source: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Oren Kessler Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-mubarak-freed-egypt-shrugs/ Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday from a military hospital in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, six years after massive crowds ousted him in the seminal episode of the Arab Spring. The former president’s release, which just a few years ago...

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Egypt: The Struggles of the Sisi Regime

Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-the-struggles-of-the-sisi-regime/ Snapshot: More than three years after General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi rose to power in Egypt, the Egyptian regime still faces acute problems. Some of these problems are fundamental and have plagued Egypt for many years, and some have worsened in recent years in...

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India and Egypt: Economic Reconstruction and Stabilization

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Sameena Hameed Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/india-and-egypt-economic-reconstruction-and-stabilization Though the Egyptian economy during the Mubarak regime registered one of the highest growth rates in decades in the years before the Arab uprising, the fault lines were deep.[1]Over time, rising inequality, endemic corruption and other...

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