Source: Carnegie Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86363 Three targeted recommendations would help transform the military economy in Egypt. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/evolution-and-future-of-egyptian-external-debt%ef%bf%bc/ The Egyptian debts have become a major source of foreign exchange to Egyptian economy since the country’s financial control agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in late 2016. The successive surges in the figures of...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-foreign-economic-transactions-within-the-next-3-years%ef%bf%bc/ The balance of payments is the window through which the national economy overlooks the global economy and vice versa, being the record of all economic transactions that link the national economy to the global economy...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Bruno Crépon, Mohamed El-Komi and Adam Osman Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2022/01/31/impact-loans-grants-development-evidence-egypt/ Evaluations of grant programmes have shown that the return to capital is high in developing countries, but the impacts of loans have only been modest. This column, originally published at VoxDev, shows that...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-qatars-sheikh-tamim-becomes-first-gulf-leader-visit-biden-white-house#mabrouk The economic fallout from the pandemic has persisted, a slow, steady battering ram against the Egyptian economy’s defenses. Increasing global shipping costs, inflation rates, and food import prices...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2022/01/31/retain-restructure-or-divest-policy-options-for-egypt-s-military-economy-pub-86232 Egyptian military agencies and companies provide significant economic benefits, but both their achievements and their shortcomings point to the need to reconsider their business model and role in the civilian economy...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Zikrallah Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/review-and-outlook-of-egypts-general-budget-2022-2025/ The general budget is the annual economic plan of the Egyptian state, where the government discloses its intentions towards citizens, especially the poor and marginalized classes, as well as its arrangements regarding companies and...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/86240 There are three major reasons why Egypt should review the large role its military plays in the economy. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Seda Duygu Sever-Mehmetoglu Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/understanding-egypts-long-path-decarbonization-32912 Egypt’s situation in terms of sustainability is far from excellent. The ecological footprint per capita is already 4.5 times higher than the country’s biocapacity. Furthermore...
Learn MoreSource: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/egypt In 2021, authorities escalated the use of the abusive Emergency State Security Courts to prosecute peaceful activists and critics who joined thousands of dissidents already in Egypt’s congested prisons. Courts issued death sentences in mass trials, adding to the...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amy Fallas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/beyond-sectarian-violence-socioeconomic-challenges-for-copts-in-egypt As Coptic Christians held Christmas celebrations this past week, many also observed another more somber anniversary. On January 1, 2011, an explosion at Al-Qudiseen Church in Alexandria, Egypt killed...
Learn MoreSource: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Robert Springborg Original Link: https://pomed.org/snapshot-follow-the-money-to-the-truth-about-al-sisis-egypt/ All governments must obtain resources if they are to function. They differ according to the amount, sources, and types of resources they extract. Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is unusual, if not unique, in that the...
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