Source: Madamasr Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/03/20/opinion/u/the-imf-as-knee-surgeon-on-a-cancerous-patient/ The International Monetary Fund states that its main mission is to help resolve temporary disruptions to the economic balance of members states, including interventions in the general budget, trade policies and other matters related to financial...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Osama Diab Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/fdi-isnt-enough-for-egypt/ Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), an event hyped by the Egyptian government and business community in an effort to restore trust in Egypt’s economy and bring in much-needed foreign cash. Since...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mona Ezzat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/03/10/feature/society/on-workingWomen-feminist-testimonies-from-egypt/ I decided to focus on issues related to working women, because I believe they show the extent to which a society believes in the principles of social justice, citizenship and the affordance of equal opportunities. It also reflects whether...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/uncategorized/expert-qa-on-egypts-bread-protests/ On Tuesday March 7, protests broke out across Egypt in response to a rumored proposal from Egypt’s supply minister, Ali Meselhi, a Mubarak-era figure that was appointed in a cabinet reshuffle this February. Meselhi’s proposal would have...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2017/03/02/too-big-to-fail-egypt-s-large-enterprises-after-2011-uprising-pub-68154 Large private enterprises are vital to Egypt’s economy and stability. After the 2011 uprising, they lost political sway due to their ties to the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak. However, Egypt’s economic crisis pushed...
Learn MoreSource: Cesifo Group Author(s): Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Mai Hassan Original Link: https://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-CESifo_Working_Papers/wp-cesifo-2017/wp-cesifo-2017-03/12012017006424.html Abstract: This study examines the economic globalization and the shadow economy nexus in Egypt. Using time series data from 1976 to 2013, the impulse response...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Lobna AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan, Mohamed Zaky Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/public-value-perspective-for-gender-budgeting-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: This paper proposes a conceptual framework that relates failure of progressing in gender equality to weakness of budgetary and political institutions. Whereas, the former drift...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ahmed Rashad, Mesbah Sharaf, Elhussien I. Mansour Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/does-public-health-insurance-increase-maternal-health-care-utilization-in-egypt/ Abstract: We assess the impact of health insurance on the utilization of maternal health care services in Egypt. A propensity score matching is used to control for baseline...
Learn MoreSource: German Institute For Security and International Affairs Author(s): Jessica Noll Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-armed-forces-cement-economic-power/ Snapshot: Since toppling President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, the Egyptian military has successively expanded its civil economic activities. This development has attracted growing criticism, above all in the...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Brendan Meighan Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/67929 Egypt agreed with the International Monetary Fund on November 11, 2016 for a $12 billion loan in exchange for a series of economic reforms. These have already fundamentally transformed the Egyptian economy, particularly and most recognizably, depreciating the Egyptian pound against the...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Shereen Attia Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/rent-control-dilemma-comeback-in-egypts-governance-a-hedonic-approach/ Abstract: This paper applies hedonic pricing models to estimate the relationship between housing prices and characteristics and determines the implicit amount of housing consumed by a typical consumer by tenure type. The...
Learn MoreSource: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/welfare-gains-from-utility-reforms-in-egyptian-telecommunications/ Abstract: Utility sector reform spread across the developing world in the 1980s and 1990s. In Egypt, as in many cases, the pace and nature of reform has been challenged by a state-owned national...
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