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Egypt: Engineering Authority & Domination of ‘National Projects’

2021Abbas QabbariCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaper
April 22, 2021 14:17 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-engineering-authority-domination-of-national-projects/ The role of the Egyptian armed forces in public affairs has remarkably increased since the overthrow of late President Mohamed Morsi, where such role is in no way the same as it had been before the January revolution. Since then...

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Egypt’s Health Insurance: Legislative & Institutional Structure

2021Abbas QabbariDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHealthPaper
April 15, 2021 13:44 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-health-insurance-legislative-institutional-structure/ Before the 2013 coup, various laws had affiliated all medical treatment authorities, councils, and institutions to the Ministry of Health ; stressing dominance and mandate of the ministry over all medical and therapeutic terms of...

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No sticks, just carrots: a negative income tax for Egypt

2021Ahmed RashadCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaper
April 06, 2021 14:20 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ahmed Rashad Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2021/03/29/no-sticks-just-carrots-negative-income-tax-egypt/ Egypt’s government has provided cash assistance to vulnerable workers during the Covid-19 crisis. As this column explains, there is an opportunity to transform this temporary policy into a rules-based fiscal stimulus or automatic...

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Egypt: The Pandemic Experience in a Time of Reform

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHealthMiddle East InstituteMohamed GadPaper
March 30, 2021 14:35 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mohamed Gad Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/egypt-pandemic-experience-time-reform Egypt announced its first COVID-19 fatality on March 8, 2020,[1] a few months after concluding a “reform” program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan it had obtained in 2016.[2] The pandemic thus posed the first test for the...

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Egypt should go green by putting a price on carbon

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDeborah LehrEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaper
March 30, 2021 14:12 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Deborah Lehr Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/egypt-should-go-green-putting-price-carbon It is time for Egypt to put a price on carbon. While Cairo has taken small steps toward developing a sustainability plan, it needs a bold idea to stop rising carbon emissions. Establishing a carbon exchange — or putting a price on carbon — would be...

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IMF: Scant Transparency for Covid-19 Emergency Loans

2021EconomyEgyptHealthHuman Rights WatchPaper
March 30, 2021 14:08 pm
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Source: HRW Author(s): HRW Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/30/imf-scant-transparency-covid-19-emergency-loans (Washington, DC) –  The International Monetary Fund (IMF), despite overall progress in its anti-corruption efforts, has not ensured sufficient oversight of its Covid-19 emergency loans, Human Rights Watch and Transparency International said today. As a result, it is...

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Getting Tough with Egypt Won’t Work

2021David SchenkerDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperWashington Institute
March 25, 2021 14:00 pm
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Source: The Washington Institute Author(s): David Schenker Original Link:  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/getting-tough-egypt-wont-work A more modest approach is warranted, one that emphasizes core interests, acknowledges the limitations of U.S. leverage, and avoids going too far with funding cuts and sanctions. Read more at original link

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Egyptian-French Economic Relations .. Who Will Benefit?

2021EconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMamdouh Al-WaliMilitary AffairsPaper
March 24, 2021 13:54 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-french-economic-relations-who-will-benefit/ There are various forms of economic relations between Egypt and France, including commodity and service trade; presence of Egyptian labor in France and French labor in Egypt, and consequently provision of remittances in both directions...

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Egypt military & consolidation of hegemony and despotism

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesEssam AbdelshafyMilitary AffairsPaper
March 22, 2021 13:53 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Essam Abdelshafy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-military-consolidation-of-hegemony-and-despotism/ The Egyptian military institution has adopted many policies and practices, whether during the first transitional period that was led by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (from February 2011 to June 2012); or during President...

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Egypt’s Ties to Israel Deepen Despite Public Misgivings

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGregory AftandilianMilitary AffairsPaperSinai
March 19, 2021 14:01 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Gregory Aftandilian Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-ties-to-israel-deepen-despite-public-misgivings/ The Egyptian government has deepened its cooperation with Israel on strategic and economic matters in order to root out the extremist threat in the Sinai Peninsula and bolster Egypt’s economy. This policy particularly...

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Egypt Real Estate Registration Crisis – Policies & Scenarios

2021Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesOmar KhalafPaper
March 15, 2021 13:58 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Omar Khalaf Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-real-estate-registration-crisis-policies-scenarios/ Last August, Egypt’s House of Representatives passed a draft law submitted by the government, later Law No. 186 of 2020, amending some provisions of Law No.114 of 1946 regarding immovable registry regulation, by adding a new...

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The Biden Administration and the Middle East: Policy Recommendations for a Sustainable Way Forward

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHealthHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMiddle East InstituteMilitary AffairsMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk PaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
March 11, 2021 15:16 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk and various other experts Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/biden-administration-and-middle-east-policy-recommendations-sustainable-way-forward As Joe Biden enters office his administration faces an overwhelming domestic agenda and myriad foreign policy challenges. Reinforcing relations with European allies and...

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