Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Shereen Attia Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/rent-control-dilemma-comeback-in-egypts-governance-a-hedonic-approach/ Abstract: This paper applies hedonic pricing models to estimate the relationship between housing prices and characteristics and determines the implicit amount of housing consumed by a typical consumer by tenure type. The...
Learn MoreSource: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/welfare-gains-from-utility-reforms-in-egyptian-telecommunications/ Abstract: Utility sector reform spread across the developing world in the 1980s and 1990s. In Egypt, as in many cases, the pace and nature of reform has been challenged by a state-owned national...
Learn MoreSource: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/sixth-anniversary-january-25-revolution January 25 marked six years since Egypt’s popular revolution, ousting former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. The date sparked widespread discussion on social networking sites (SNS), in which hundreds of...
Learn MoreSource: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/year-egyptian-woman In March, three events related to women took place in Egypt, including International Women’s Day, Egyptian Women’s Day, and Mother’s Day,[1] which sparked a lively debate on social networking sites (SNS), especially among women, about the...
Learn MoreSource: Al Jazeera Centre For Studies Author(s): Imraan Minty Original Link: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2017/01/escaping-cycle-debt-grand-bargain-egypts-creditors-170129095832358.html Snapshot: The November 2016 loan agreement between Egypt and the IMF will provide Cairo with another temporary economic life line. Yet, as with previous loans in Egypt’s long history of international...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amy Austin Holmes Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/67810 Civil society in Egypt is undergoing an unprecedented wave of repression. The government is not only targeting NGOs that have played a vital role in documenting human rights violations. It appears the state is attempting to silence or subdue virtually the entire spectrum of civil
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/01/25/tragedy-of-egypt-s-stolen-revolution-pub-67809 Six years after its democratic revolution in January 25, 2011, Egypt’s political realities are back to square one. Once again, a military officer has been installed in the presidential palace after an election that lacked any measure...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/67771 Since 1997, U.S. law has empowered the secretary of state to designate specific groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” bringing down on them—and those who support them—an imposing range of penalties and sanctions. Such designations have come through a...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/67781 Since Abdel Fattah el-Sisi became president in June 2014, the Egyptian military has embarked on a massive spending spree. The value of arms transfer agreements Egypt signed in 2015 was the second-largest among developing countries, at $11.9 billion. This included $5.9 billion from France...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Erin Fracolli Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/Women-and-quotas-in-egypts-parliament/ Maya Morsi, the head of Egypt’s state-affiliated National Council for Women (NCW), announced last week that the NCW had completed the first phase of a program to increase women’s participation in local council elections, reaching over...
Learn MoreSource: German Institute For Security And International Affairs Author(s): Dr. Stephan Roll, Lars Brozus Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/point-of-view/the-regeni-murder-egypts-repression-of-academics-and-journalists/ The murder of an Italian academic one year ago was yet another tragic reminder that it is barely possible to conduct independent research in Egypt these days. But...
Learn MoreSource: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Paul Rivlin Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/egyptian-economy-plot-thickens In recent years, Egypt’s shortage of foreign currency has resulted in a lack of basic goods such as food and fuel. As the demand for foreign currency exceeded the supply on official markets, the premium on the parallel
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