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Half-baked, the Other Side of Egypt’s Baladi Bread Subsidy

2015Barcelona Centre For International AffairsDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyOday KamalPaper
September 30, 2015 05:55 am
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Source: Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Author(s): Oday Kamal Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/monographs/monographs/half_baked_the_other_side_of_egypt_s_baladi_bread_subsidy Snapshot: The baladi bread subsidy is one of the most contentious subsidy systems in Egypt. It has played a key role in the country’s political economy throughout its...

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Sisi’s Struggle for Egypt

2015Council On Foreign RelationsEconomyPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSteven A. Cook
September 29, 2015 05:54 am
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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/sisis-struggle-egypt I have always wondered why leaders of foreign countries feel the need to publish opinion pieces in American newspapers of record. Who exactly are they trying to influence? The folks at the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, the Treasury, and the

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Egypt’s new gas discovery: Opportunities and challenges

2015Adel Abdel GhafarEconomyPaperThe Brookings Institution
September 10, 2015 05:55 am
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/egypts-new-gas-discovery-opportunities-and-challenges/ Egypt’s New Gas Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges After a tough year, the Egyptian government recently received some good news. Italy’s ENI announced that it has discovered the “largest ever” offshore natural gas field in the...

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The Zohr Gas Field: A Boon for Egypt

2015EconomyJean-François SeznecMiddle East InstitutePaperSamer Mosis
September 09, 2015 05:56 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jean-François Seznec, Samer Mosis Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/zohr-gas-field-boon-egypt Italian energy company Eni announced on August 30 that it had discovered a deep-water gas field 93 miles north of Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.[1] The field, named Zohr, holds an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet (cft)[2] of natural gas (NG) reserves...

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Working Paper- Growing Without Changing: A Tale of Egypt’s Weak Productivity Growth

2015Antoine LevyClara SanchezEconomic Research ForumEconomyHanan MorsyPaper
September 01, 2015 05:56 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hanan Morsy, Antoine Levy, Clara Sanchez Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/growing-without-changing-a-tale-of-egypts-weak-productivity-growth/ Abstract: This paper aims to identify the reasons why economic growth in Egypt, although comparable to its peers, failed to significantly reduce unemployment, lower poverty levels or raise overall...

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Working Paper- Inequality of Opportunity in Individuals’ Wages and Households’ Assets in Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyHoda El EnbabyPaperRami Galal
September 01, 2015 05:56 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rami Galal, Hoda El Enbaby Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/inequality-of-opportunity-in-individuals-wages-and-households-assets-in-egypt/ Abstract: Inequality has often been cited as one of the leading sources of discontent in Egypt and one of the causes of the 2011 revolution. However, there is no consensus on how much inequality exists...

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Working Paper- The Nexus Between Internal and External Macroeconomic Imbalances: Evidence from Egypt

2015Chahir ZakiEconomyEgyptOmneia HelmyPaperThe Egyptian Center For Economic Studies
September 01, 2015 03:45 am
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Source: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Omneia Helmy, Chahir Zaki Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=593&Type=10 Abstract: This paper examines the nexus between internal and external imbalances of the Egyptian economy by testing both the twin deficit hypothesis and the Feldstein-Horioka paradox. Using quarterly data (between 2002 and 2014) in...

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Untapping Low Female Labor Force Participation In Egypt: Ending The Marriage Mismatch

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRana HendyWomen Affairs
September 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rana Hendy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/untapping-low-female-labor-force-participation-in-egypt-ending-the-marriage-mismatch/ Abstract: Despite significant increases in female educational attainment, Egyptian women’s labor force participation rate remains one of the lowest in the world. This can be partially explained by the fact that...

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Working Paper- The Economic Determinants of Political Islam: An Empirical Investigation of the Arab Spring in Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMay AttallahPaper
September 01, 2015 03:35 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): May Attallah Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-economic-determinants-of-political-islam-an-empirical-investigation-of-the-arab-spring-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper empirically studies the voting outcomes of the first post-revolution presidential elections in Egypt. In light of the strong success of Islamist candidate Mohamed Morsi, I...

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SUEZ CANAL EXPANSION: WHAT’S IN IT FOR EGYPT?

2015Democracy and PoliticsEconomyForeign RelationsGerman Development InstituteMarkus LoewePaper
August 24, 2015 05:54 am
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/suez-canal-expansion-whats-in-it-for-egypt-1/ Bonn, 24 August 2015. The inauguration ceremony for the 35 kilometre long second artery of the Suez Canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean was held in early August 2015, officiated by Egypt’s President...

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Al-Sisi’s Egypt: The Military Moves on the Economy

2015EconomyMarina OttawayMilitary AffairsPaperWilson Centre
August 20, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Marina Ottaway Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/al-sisis-egypt-the-military-moves-the-economy The al-Sisi regime has chosen a model of development based on the implementation of large, ambitious projects under military supervision. The projects, such as the broadening of the Suez Canal and the building of a new capital city, may fail...

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Working Paper- Modelling the Density of Egyptian Quarterly CPI Inflation

2015Doaa Akl AhmedEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptMamdouh M. AbdelsalamPaper
August 01, 2015 03:44 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Doaa Akl Ahmed, Mamdouh M. Abdelsalam Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/modelling-the-density-of-egyptian-quarterly-cpi-inflation/ Abstract: This paper aims at modelling the density of quarterly inflation based on time-varying conditional variance, skewness and kurtosis model developed by Leon, Rubio, and Serna (2005). They model...

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