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A Reading in Egypt’s Development Plan 2017/2018

2017 Abdelhafez Alsawy Culture, Education and Development Economy Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

August 29, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/a-reading-in-egypts-development-plan-2017-2018/ Planning is not a dream in the void. However, one of the initial steps of proper planning is to know the correct data about resources and needs. Egypt’s Ministry of Planning, as well as the National Planning Institute had been a source of...

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Working Paper- The Effect of Mothers’ Employment on Youth Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence From Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Maia Sieverding May Gadallah Paper Rania Roushdy Women Affairs Youth

August 01, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Maia Sieverding, Rania Roushdy, May Gadallah Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-effect-of-mothers-employment-on-youth-gender-role-attitudes-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: Cross-nationally, having a working mother during childhood is associated with more egalitarian attitudes among both adult men and women. However, no previous studies...

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Working Paper- How Gender Biased Are Female-Headed Household Transfers in Egypt?

2017 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Lobna Abdellatif Mohamed Ramadan Paper Sarah Elbakry Women Affairs Youth

August 01, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Lobna AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan, Sarah Elbakry Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/how-gender-biased-are-female-headed-household-transfers-in-egypt/ Abstract: In this paper, we claim that the policy of targeting female-headed households’ (FHHs) may generate bias against women in male-headed households (MHHs) who may be more...

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Household behaviour in times of political change: Evidence from Egypt

2017 Cesifo Group Culture, Education and Development Egypt Paper Yvonne Giesing

July 30, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Cesifo Group Author(s): Yvonne Giesing Original Link: https://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-Ifo_Working_Papers/wp-ifo-2017/12022017237000.html Abstract: Using representative household survey data, we study the short-term microeconomic effects of the Egyptian revolution on household behaviour in terms of education, health expenditure and savings...

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Kafka in Cairo

2017 Chatham House Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Helen Fitzwilliam Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

July 30, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Helen Fitzwilliam Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/kafka-cairo When the regime of Hosni Mubarak fell during the 2011 revolution, many diaspora Egyptians returned home, bringing with them the latest ideas in science, technology and medicine to build the nascent democracy. But when that modern state failed to materialize, they ran for...

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Inequality of opportunity in Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Economy Egypt Paper The Brookings Institution

July 25, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2017/07/25/inequality-of-opportunity-in-egypt/ It is rare to read an account of the Arab Spring uprisings without a reference to economic injustice. Indeed, it is natural to believe that economic and social injustice fuel, if not cause, all revolutions. For this...

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The Politics of Egyptian Fine Art: Giving a Voice to the People

2017 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Paper Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi The Century Foundation

May 16, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/politics-egyptian-fine-art/ Snapshot: Egyptian artists have a long history of political engagement. Even in the mid-twentieth century, when they mostly relied on state funding, they made critiques of the ruling regimes, and created one of the few spaces where independent political...

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Speech Bubbles: Comics and Political Cartoons in Sisi’s Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Jonathan Guyer Media Paper The Century Foundation

May 02, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Jonathan Guyer Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/speech-bubbles/ Snapshot: In print and online, Egyptian cartoonists have created sites of political dissent in defiance of a state-sponsored crackdown on opposition movements, public protest, and free speech. Based on analyses of cartoons and interviews with the artists, this chapter argues...

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Working Paper- Is Internal Migration A Way to Cope With Climate Change? Evidence From Egypt

2017 Adel Ben Youssef Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mohamed El Hedi Arouri Nguyen Viet Cuong Paper

May 01, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed El Hedi Arouri, Adel Ben Youssef, Nguyen Viet Cuong Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-internal-migration-a-way-to-cope-with-climate-change-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: In this study, we examine the effect of extreme weather events on migration among governorates in Egypt using migration gravity models and data from the 1996...

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Working Paper- Does Public Health Insurance Increase Maternal Health Care Utilization in Egypt

2017 Ahmed Rashad Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Elhussien I. Mansour Mesbah Sharaf Paper Women Affairs

March 01, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ahmed Rashad, Mesbah Sharaf, Elhussien I. Mansour Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/does-public-health-insurance-increase-maternal-health-care-utilization-in-egypt/ Abstract: We assess the impact of health insurance on the utilization of maternal health care services in Egypt. A propensity score matching is used to control for baseline...

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Divorce, Egyptian Style

2017 Carnegie Culture, Education and Development Egypt Mariam Ghanem Nathan J. Brown Paper

February 15, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Mariam Ghanem Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/68001 On July 3, 2013, General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, surrounded by a group of national figures, announced the deposition of Mohammed Morsi as president of Egypt and a “road map” to a new political order in Egypt. Conspicuous among his backers was Grand Imam Ahmad

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Egypt, National Case Study

2016 Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Culture, Education and Development Egypt Paper

September 30, 2016 03:37 am

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Source: Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Author(s): American University Cairo Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/sahwa_papers/national_case_study/egypt_national_case_study/(language)/eng-US Overview: This report presents and compiles all the ethnographic fieldwork data that the AUC Forum research team has conducted for the SAHWA project. The...

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