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Working Paper- Estimating Labor Demand Elasticities and Elasticities of Substitution in Egyptian Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Static Analysis

2017 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Hanan Nazier Paper

November 01, 2017 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hanan Nazier Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/estimating-labor-demand-elasticities-and-elasticities-of-substitution-in-egyptian-manufacturing-sector-a-firm-level-static-analysis/ Abstract: This paper attempts to investigate crucial questions of labor demand related to how firms respond to changes in wages, how this responds to changes...

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Working Paper- Does Maternal Employment Affect Child Nutrition Status? New Evidence From Egypt

2017 Ahmed Rashad Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mesbah Sharaf Paper Women Affairs

November 01, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ahmed Rashad, Mesbah Sharaf Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/does-maternal-employment-affect-child-nutrition-status-new-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: Despite that maternal employment can increase family income, several studies have suggested that it has adverse health consequences on children. The literature on the effects of maternal...

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The Trap Punishing sexual difference in Egypt

2017 Adel Ramadan Ahmed Mahrous Alaa Farouk Dalia Abdel Hamid Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper

November 01, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Dalia Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Mahrous, Alaa Farouk, Adel Ramadan Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/the_trap-en.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this report, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, documents a four-year period in which Egyptian police have escalated a targeted crackdown on people whose sexualities...

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The Right to Health in North Sinai: Challenges and Community Solutions

2017 Civil Society Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Paper Sinai Unknown

November 01, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/english_summary.pdf As stated by the Egyptian Constitution, the Right to Health is a universal right for all citizens that should be realized without discrimination. Understanding the challenges facing the realizing of this right to the citizens of North Sinai and...

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Women’s Struggle for Citizenship: Civil Society and Constitution Making after the Arab Uprisings

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics International Peace Institute José Vericat Paper Women Affairs

October 31, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): José Vericat Original Link: https://www.ipinst.org/2017/10/Womens-struggle-for-citizenship-after-the-arab-uprisings Executive Summary The Arab uprisings were, more than anything else, citizen revolts. They sprang from an irrepressible urge to transform relations between an authoritarian ruler and his subjects into a partnership between the...

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Social Stigma Enables Egypt’s Attack on LGBT Community

2017 Culture, Education and Development Human Rights Muhammed Fadel Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 30, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Muhammed Fadel Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/social-stigma-enables-egypts-attack-on-lgbt-community/ The world has made major progress in LGBT rights in the last few years. Same-sex marriage is now allowed in several countries and the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed an independent expert on protection...

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How a State of Emergency Became Egypt’s New Normal

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics May El-Sadany Military Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, May El-Sadany Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/10/30/how-state-of-emergency-became-egypt-s-new-normal-pub-73587 For the first time in six months, Egyptians lived for a few days outside of a state of emergency this month. And the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that ordinary courts — not military ones —...

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An Eye on the Debt: First report on the IMF loan program As of April 2017

2017 Abdelhamid Mekawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Paper Salma Hussein

October 30, 2017 03:45 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Salma Hussein, Abdelhamid Mekawy Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/an_eye_on_the_debt_.pdf Introduction This is the first report on the implementation of the economic adjustment program, agreed upon by the Egyptian government and the International Monetary Fund as a condition for Egypt’s receipt of...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Bahariya Oasis Incident

2017 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

October 30, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-bahariya-oasis/ Download PDF On Friday, October 20, a convoy of Egyptian security personnel attempting a counter-terror raid was overcome by militants near Bahariya Oasis, about 85 miles southwest of Cairo. The Ministry of Interior reported the deaths of 11...

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Failed recovery: How Switzerland released the funds of a famous Egyptian crony

2017 Economy Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Olivier Longchamp Osama Diab Paper

October 30, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Osama Diab, Olivier Longchamp Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/pe_agypten_10-17_def.pdf Executive Summary On February 11, 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned. A key factor in the Egyptian revolution, which brought him down, was the huge volumes of money amassed by him, his entourage, and...

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Transitional justice policy in authoritarian contexts: The case of Egypt

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Noha Aboueldahab Paper The Brookings Institution

October 19, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Noha Aboueldahab Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/transitional-justice-policy-in-authoritarian-contexts-the-case-of-egypt/ Transitional justice has increasingly struggled to provide realistic remedies for societies reeling from conflict or decades of authoritarian rule.[1] The transitional justice field traditionally presumes that...

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Millions of Rural Working Women in Egypt at Risk from Climate Change

2017 Amal Kandeel Economy Egypt Middle East Institute Paper Women Affairs

October 19, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/millions-rural-working-women-egypt-risk-climate-change The impacts of climate change on Egypt’s agriculture are likely to be substantial, and will affect the millions of Egyptian women reliant on this economic activity for their livelihoods. The agricultural sector employs a large percentage...

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