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President Trump, Condemn This Sham Egyptian Election

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
February 05, 2018 20:26 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/president-trump-condemn-this-sham-egyptian-election Four years after a bloody coup ended Egypt’s difficult transition to democracy, the most populous country in the Arab world is heading toward its fourth presidential vote. The Trump administration should call...

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The State of Emergency in Egypt: An Exception or Rule?

2018Atlantic CouncilEgyptJudicial AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismYussef Auf
February 02, 2018 19:16 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Yussef Auf Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-state-of-emergency-in-egypt-an-exception-or-rule The presidential decree issued on October 10, 2017 re-declaring state of emergency for three months, raised widespread debate. This decree was the third of its kind in 2017. Egypt has a long history of exceptional laws (the emergency...

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Much Ado about The Egyptian Pound: Exchange Rate Misalignment and The Path Towards Equilibrium

2018Diaa NoureldinEconomyEgyptPaperThe Egyptian Center For Economic Studies
January 30, 2018 20:37 pm
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Source: The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies Author(s): Diaa Noureldin Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=634&Type=10 Summary: This paper estimates Egypt’s equilibrium real exchange rate and exchange rate misalignment based on economic fundamentals over the period 2001Q3-2017Q3. Focusing on the more recent period, we find that the Egyptian pound was undervalued...

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Services Contribution to Value Chains: Case Study of the Egyptian Ready-made Garments Sector

2018Abdel-Hamid MamdouhCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptPaperRama SaidThe Egyptian Center For Economic Studies
January 30, 2018 20:34 pm
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Source: The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies Author(s): Rama Said and Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=635&Type=10 Summary: This paper aims at highlighting the role of services in the Egyptian manufacturing sector, with a focus on the ready-made garments industry. By analysing services in the value chains of three case studies, this paper...

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Civil Society on Trial in Egypt: Revisiting the NGO Workers Case

2018Civil SocietyEgyptHarris SetzerJudicial AffairsPaperWashington Institute
January 30, 2018 20:24 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Harris Setzer Original Link: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/civil-society-on-trial-in-egypt-revisiting-the-ngo-workers-case More than four years after the conviction of forty-three Egyptian and foreign NGO workers, the affair remains an irritant for U.S.-Egypt relations. For many in Washington, the felony convictions of all...

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Egypt, Russia: Rapprochement or Alliance?

2018EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsKhaled FouadPaper
January 30, 2018 19:49 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author (s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-russia-rapprochement-alliance/ Introduction The remarkably growing relations between Egypt and Russia over the last few years prompts us to pause a little and think deeply to understand the nature of this development at the political, military and economic levels. This paper attempts to...

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Egypt’s IMF program: Assessing the political economy challenges

2018Bessma MomaniEconomyEgyptPaperThe Brookings Institution
January 30, 2018 19:19 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Bessma Momani Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/egypts-imf-program-assessing-the-political-economy-challenges/ Snapshot: On November 11, 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Egypt signed a $12 billion loan agreement with the aim of “addressing macroeconomic vulnerabilities and promoting inclusive growth and job creation.”[1] Prior to the...

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REFORM PROGRAMME: IS EGYPT’S ECONOMY STABILISING THE COUNTRY?

2018Ahmed Abd RabouAmirah El-HaddadEconomyEgyptGerman Development InstituteOmar El ShenetyPaper
January 29, 2018 20:18 pm
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad, Omar El Shenety, and Ahmed Abd Rabou Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/reform-programme-is-egypts-economy-stabilising-the-country/  This Thursday, the seventh anniversary of the 25 January uprising that overthrew former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, is an opportunity to assess the economic...

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In Egypt, Sisi Faces Down Some Surprising Challengers

2018Chatham HouseDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJane KinninmontPaper
January 25, 2018 19:34 pm
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Source: Chatham House Author (s): Jane Kinninmont Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/egypt-sisi-faces-down-some-surprising-challengers Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seems certain to win a contrived presidential election in March, after other challengers including a former prime minister and high-ranking military officers were barred from running or pressured...

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Egypt’s SCAF and the Curious Case Against Konsowa

2018CarnegieEgyptMilitary AffairsPaperSawsan Gad
January 25, 2018 19:29 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author (s): Sawsan Gad Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75353 On December 3, a few days after Colonel Ahmed Konsowa announced in a YouTube video that he intended to run against Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the upcoming Egyptian presidential election, he was detained and put on a military trial for announcing his bid while still serving in the military. In an...

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January 25: Experts Weigh In Seven Years Later

2018Atlantic CouncilDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptPaper
January 24, 2018 19:07 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author (s): Menasource Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/january-25-experts-weigh-in-seven-years-later We asked several Egypt experts where they think Egypt stands seven years after the January 25, 2011 uprising that led to the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. A common takeaway has been that Egypt is continuing to regress to its...

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Egypt’s Putinesque Election

2018Council On Foreign RelationsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptElliot AbramsPaper
January 23, 2018 19:36 pm
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Source: Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliott Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/egypts-putinesque-election With an election looming, the incumbent president arrests and disqualifies all possible opponents, one after another. Vladimir Putin? Yes, as we see in his treatment of Alexei Navalny. (The BBC tells part of that story here.) And these moves by Putin have been...

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