2015 – Page 10 – Middle East Policy Platform

Working Paper- Is Women’s Work A Pathway to their Agency in Rural Egypt?

2015 Economic Research Forum Economy Kathryn Yount Kristin Vanderende Paper Rania Salem Women Affairs Yuk Fai Cheong

June 01, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: 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...

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Why the Unemployment Rate is a Misleading Indicator of Labor Market Health in Egypt

2015 Caroline Krafft Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Paper Ragui Assaad

June 01, 2015 03:44 am

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Source: 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...

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“Is Egypt Stable?”

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Steven A. Cook

June 01, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/egypt-stable I do not know how many times over how many months that question has been put to my colleagues and me at an endless number of panel discussions, roundtables, hearings, and meetings with our friends in government. It is actually a question more about durability—will

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Working Paper- The Case for Decentralization as a Tool for Improving Quality in Egyptian Basic Education

2015 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Laila Elbaradei Paper The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies

June 01, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Laila ElBaradei Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=589&Type=10 Abstract: The quality of basic education in Egypt is suffering. Despite repeated reform efforts, there are very serious embedded shortcomings. The main question raised by this research paper is to what extent implementing a greater degree of...

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Beware of the Echo: The Impending Return of Demographic Pressures in Egypt

2015 Caroline Krafft Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Paper Ragui Assaad

May 30, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: 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...

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Cairo’s Rough, Crowded, and Vital Underground Artery

2015 Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Maria Golia Middle East Institute Paper

May 27, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: 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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Egypt’s Short and Long-Term Challenges

2015 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Middle East Institute Paper Paul Salem Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 27, 2015 03:33 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Paul Salem Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypts-short-and-long-term-challenges In the year since being elected to the presidency, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has consolidated a ruling coalition, restored economic growth, and brought back considerable stability to the country after four years of turmoil. But this has come with a harsh crackdown...

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Economic Recovery in Egypt Won’t Guarantee Political Stability

2015 Amr Adly Carnegie Economy Paper

May 20, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/05/20/economic-recovery-in-egypt-won-t-guarantee-political-stability-pub-60113 Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took power in June 2014, his military-backed regime has spared no effort in trying to secure a quick economic recovery after four years of low growth rates, soaring unemployment...

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The Morsi Death Sentence

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Elliot Abrams Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 18, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliot Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/morsi-death-sentence An Egyptian court has sentenced Mohammed Morsi and about 100 others, including other Muslim Brotherhood leaders, to death. Carrying out those sentences would be a huge mistake… Read more at original link.

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Sinai Tribes: Between the Egyptian State and the Islamic State

2015 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Zack Gold

May 18, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-tribes-between-the-egyptian-state-and-the-islamic-state/ The jihadist insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is taking an increasing toll on the local population and its tribal society. To confront this challenge, leaders of tribes from across the peninsula met on May...

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Reforming Religious Discourse in Egypt

2015 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Hassan Mneimneh Islamic Movements and Institutions Media Middle East Institute Paper

May 14, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hassan Mneimneh Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/reforming-religious-discourse-egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has earned numerous accolades, domestic and international, for his repeated calls for religious discourse away from extremism. Sisi has expressed the conviction that the proclivity to radicalism and conflict is not...

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Egypt: Between Chaos, Authoritarianism, and Democracy

2015 Amr El-Shokabi Democracy and Politics Egypt Middle East Institute Paper

May 13, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amr El-Shokabi Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/node/20431 The literature on democratic transitions from the last 50 years has emphasized the process of transforming an authoritarian state into a democracy. Much has been written about negotiations between ancien regimes and democratic forces, particularly the bridges that must be made between elements...

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