Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Shireen Al Azzawi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/endowments-or-discrimination-determinants-of-household-poverty-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper investigates whether there is feminization of poverty in Egypt and examines the determinants of poverty by household type. Furthermore, it decomposes the poverty differential between the various...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/inequality-of-opportunity-in-the-labor-market-for-higher-education-graduates-in-egypt-and-jordan/ Abstract: In the Middle East and North Africa, unequal opportunities occur in both the education system and the labor market. The outcomes that individuals achieve in the labor...
Learn MoreSource: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Racha Ramadan Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=591&Type=26 Overview: Egypt is facing high rates of poverty and unemployment, with 17 percent of Egyptians suffering from food insecurity in 2011. Food insecurity is an important challenge facing the Egyptian government, especially after the 25th of January...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nizar Manek, Jeremy Hodge Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/60660 ournalists Nizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge conducted an extensive investigation in 2014 of Egypt’s government agencies and Central Bank that revealed $9.4 billion in unaccountable state-operated “special funds,” or al-sanadeeq al-khasa. These special funds first became widely...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/tripartite-free-trade-area/ Representatives from nearly half of Africa’s countries signed, on June 10, an agreement creating the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), capping nearly five years of negotiations. The trade deal would allow improved movement of goods, capital...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Shireen Al Azzawi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-there-feminization-of-poverty-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper uses five cross sections of newly released Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey data to determine whether there has been feminization of poverty in Egypt during the last 15 years. The period of study is one...
Learn MoreSource: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Iman Al-Ayouty, Nadine Abdel Raouf Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=590&Type=26 Abstract: This review paper takes stock of important recent literature on Egypt’s energy economy. It tackles two distinct topics: the first, is liberalizing energy prices in Egypt while analyzing the different pricing...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): François Langot, Shaimaa Yassin Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/reforming-employment-protection-in-egypt-an-evaluation-based-on-transition-models-with-measurement-errors/ Abstract: Do reforms introducing more flexibility in developing countries’ labor markets reduce unemployment? This paper proposes to evaluate the new Egyptian labor...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rania Salem, Yuk Fai Cheong, Kristin VanderEnde, Kathryn Yount Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-womens-work-a-pathway-to-their-agency-in-rural-egypt/ Abstract: Whether work is performed for household members’ consumption (subsistence work) or for sale to others (market work), it may be an enabling resource for women’s agency, or their...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/why-the-unemployment-rate-is-a-misleading-indicator-of-labor-market-health-in-egypt/ Abstract: Policy discussions about the health of the economy and the labor market in Egypt often focus almost exclusively on one indicator, namely the unemployment rate. This policy...
Learn MoreSource: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/beware-of-the-echo-the-impending-return-of-demographic-pressures-in-egypt/ For many years, Egypt experienced substantial demographic pressures on its education system and labor market. These pressures have eased somewhat in recent years as fertility rates fell, but, as this...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/cairo-metro-everythings-connected Inaugurated in 1987, Cairo’s Metro was Africa’s first inner-city underground and the embodiment of Hosni Mubarak’s promise to modernize Egypt’s infrastructure. It is hard to think of a Mubarak-era project that was better planned, more efficiently executed, or has...
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