×

Paper

HomeAll PostsPost TypePaper

Decision Making in Egypt: What Has Changed Since Mubarak?

2015Ahmed Abd RabouDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
June 16, 2015 03:47 am
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ahmed Abd Rabou Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/decision-making-in-egypt-what-has-changed-since-mubarak/ Since former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted, Egypt has experienced political and economic instability and a pronounced lack of security. Having previously been governed under a stable, if unproductive, political...

Learn More

The Brotherhood’s Changing Approach

2015Abdelrahman YoussefCarnegieIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaper
June 04, 2015 05:53 am
0

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Abdelrahman Youssef Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/60317 The Muslim Brotherhood, following a long process of internal reflection and debate, has chosen confrontation as its preferred tactic to challenge the regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. After nearly two years of pursuing nonviolent resistance to secure its long term interests, the group...

Learn More

Egyptian Instability Looms as Morsi’s Fate Hangs in Balance

2015Amr LehetaDemocracy and PoliticsInternational Peace InstituteJudicial AffairsPaper
June 03, 2015 05:54 am
0

Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Amr Leheta Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/06/morsi-egypt-sisi-muslim-brotherhood/ This week a Cairo court postponed its final ruling on a death sentence handed to former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi and more than a hundred others implicated in a 2011 prison break. As significant as the initial punishment was, it was...

Learn More

Working Paper- Reforming Employment Protection in Egypt: An Evaluation Based on Transition Models with Measurement Errors

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyFrançois LangotPaperShaimaa Yassin
June 01, 2015 05:56 am
0

Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): François Langot, Shaimaa Yassin Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/reforming-employment-protection-in-egypt-an-evaluation-based-on-transition-models-with-measurement-errors/ Abstract: Do reforms introducing more flexibility in developing countries’ labor markets reduce unemployment? This paper proposes to evaluate the new Egyptian labor...

Learn More

Germany Welcomes Egypt’s Sisi

2015CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsForeign RelationsHuman RightsJudy DempseyPaper
June 01, 2015 05:53 am
0

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Judy Dempsey Original Link: http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/60260 For many months, Egypt’s top diplomats have been trying to persuade Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, to invite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Berlin. And for many months, Merkel refused. She insisted that Egypt should first hold parliamentary elections. Elections...

Learn More

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

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyKathryn YountKristin VanderendePaperRania SalemWomen AffairsYuk Fai Cheong
June 01, 2015 05:53 am
0

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...

Learn More

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

2015Caroline KrafftEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRagui Assaad
June 01, 2015 03:44 am
0

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...

Learn More

“Is Egypt Stable?”

2015Council On Foreign RelationsEgyptPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSteven A. Cook
June 01, 2015 03:40 am
0

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

Learn More

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

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptLaila ElbaradeiPaperThe Egyptian Center For Economic Studies
June 01, 2015 03:37 am
0

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...

Learn More

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

2015Caroline KrafftCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRagui Assaad
May 30, 2015 03:37 am
0

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...

Learn More

Cairo’s Rough, Crowded, and Vital Underground Artery

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMaria GoliaMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 27, 2015 03:37 am
0

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...

Learn More

Egypt’s Short and Long-Term Challenges

2015Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMiddle East InstitutePaperPaul SalemSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
May 27, 2015 03:33 am
0

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...

Learn More

MEPP © 2018 All Rights Reserved Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The publications re-posted on www.me-policy.org are available to the public and are not MEPP original publication. Each publication includes a reference to the source location. MEPP is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of MEPP. Experts listed on MEPP are are independent or affiliated with their respective institutions and have no affiliation to MEPP.

Skip to toolbar