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WHY EL-SISI’S DECISION TO RAISE EGYPT’S MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT SUCH A GOOD ONE!

2019Amirah El-HaddadCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptGerman Development InstitutePaper
April 15, 2019 15:44 pm
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/why-el-sisis-decision-to-raise-egypts-minimum-wage-is-not-such-a-good-one/ Egypt’s President El-Sisi recently announced a 67 percent raise in the minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds (115.74 US-Dollar) per month from 1,200 (69.27 US-Dollar). He also promised...

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Social insurance reforms in Egypt; needed, belated, flopped

2018EconomyEgyptGerman Development InstituteLars WestemeierMarkus LoewePaper
October 24, 2018 14:08 pm
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe / Lars Westemeier Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/social-insurance-reforms-in-egypt-needed-belated-flopped/ Most governments in the Middle East and North Africa spend considerable shares of GDP on their social insurance and transfer schemes but these perform poorly in terms of efficiency, equity...

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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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WELFARE GAINS FROM UTILITY REFORMS IN EGYPTIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2017Amirah El-HaddadEconomyEgyptGerman Development InstitutePaper
February 01, 2017 03:45 am
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Source: 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...

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AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER IS TORTURED TO DEATH IN CAIRO – SOMBRE CAUSE TO RECONSIDER THE WAY WE WORK WITH EGYPT

2016Bernhard TrautnerForeign RelationsGeorgeta VidicanGerman Development InstituteHuman RightsMarkus LoewePaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismTilman Altenburg
March 17, 2016 05:53 am
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe, Georgeta Vidican, Bernhard Trautner, Tilman Altenburg Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/an-italian-researcher-is-tortured-to-death-in-cairo-sombre-cause-to-reconsider-the-way-we-work-with-egypt-1/ An Italian citizen and just 28 years of age, Giulio Regeni was finishing his PhD at the University of...

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THE CAUSAL CHAIN OF MARKET BASED REFORM IN EGYPTIAN VOICE TELECOMMUNICATION

2015Amirah El-HaddadEconomyEgyptGerman Development InstitutePaper
November 05, 2015 03:40 am
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/the-causal-chain-of-market-based-reform-in-egyptian-voice-telecommunication/ Snapshot: Utility reform swept the developing world in the 1980s and 1990s. This case study of the Egyptian telecoms sector shows that regulatory reform and liberalization have created...

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SUEZ CANAL EXPANSION: WHAT’S IN IT FOR EGYPT?

2015Democracy and PoliticsEconomyForeign RelationsGerman Development InstituteMarkus LoewePaper
August 24, 2015 05:54 am
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/suez-canal-expansion-whats-in-it-for-egypt-1/ Bonn, 24 August 2015. The inauguration ceremony for the 35 kilometre long second artery of the Suez Canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean was held in early August 2015, officiated by Egypt’s President...

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TACKLING EGYPT’S TRANSFORMATIONAL CHALLENGES

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyGeorgeta VidicanGerman Development InstitutePaperYasser Sherif
March 30, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Georgeta Vidican, Yasser Sherif Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/tackling-egypts-transformational-challenges/ Bonn, Cairo, 30 March 2015. From 13-15 March 2015 the Egyptian government organized a major international event, the “Egypt Economic Development Conference”, aimed at repositioning the country on the...

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