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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
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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...

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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
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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...

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Cairo’s Rough, Crowded, and Vital Underground Artery

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

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Reforming Religious Discourse in Egypt

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHassan MneimnehIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMediaMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 14, 2015 03:34 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hassan Mneimneh Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/reforming-religious-discourse-egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has earned numerous accolades, domestic and international, for his repeated calls for religious discourse away from extremism. Sisi has expressed the conviction that the proclivity to radicalism and conflict is not...

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Working Paper- Changes in the Institution of Marriage in Egypt from 1998 To 2012

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRania SalemWomen Affairs
May 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rania Salem Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/changes-in-the-institution-of-marriage-in-egypt-from-1998-to-2012/  Abstract: Fear over the perceived breakdown of the institution of marriage plagues many Egyptian policy-makers and members of the public. This study examines the trajectory of marriage behaviors in three...

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Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery: Social Transformation through Art

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentMaria GoliaMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 27, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Maria Golia Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/cairo%E2%80%99s-townhouse-gallery-social-transformation-through-art As the urban historian Lewis Mumford pointed out, “When a city has reached the megapolitan stage, it is plainly on the downward path: it needs a terrific exertion of social force to overcome the inertia, to alter the direction of...

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How to fill the implementation gap for inclusive growth: Case studies covering urban transportation sector development in Egypt

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptHideki MatsunagaMayada MagdyPaperThe Brookings Institution
March 31, 2015 03:37 am
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Hideki Matsunaga, Mayada Magdy Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-to-fill-the-implementation-gap-for-inclusive-growth-case-studies-covering-urban-transportation-sector-development-in-egypt/ INTRODUCTION Since January 2011, Egypt has been going through a turbulent period with two regimes having been toppled by mass protests. Social...

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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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The Egyptian Family House: Fostering Religious Unity

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJayson CasperMiddle East InstituteMinoritiesPaper
March 24, 2015 03:34 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jayson Casper Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egyptian-family-house-fostering-religious-unity Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has not been shy about the need to reform religious discourse and relations.[1] He is concerned about how the image of Islam has been marred by Muslims themselves, and how extremist thought has torn the fabric...

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Built on Sand: Egypt’s Questionable Strategy for Growth and Development

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyGerman Institute For Security And International AffairsMatthias SeilerPaperStephan Roll
March 15, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: German Institute For Security and Counter-Terrorism And International Affairs Author(s): Dr. Stephan Roll, Matthias Seiler Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-questionable-strategy-for-growth-and-development/ The Egypt Economic Development Conference staged at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh from 13 to 15 March will showcase the country’s investment...

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Policing Football in Times of Exception

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKarim Medhat EnnarahPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 24, 2015 03:37 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Karim Medhat Ennarah Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/policing-football-in-times-of-exception/ On February 8, 2015, at least 19 fans died while waiting to enter the Air Defense Stadium for the match between Zamalek and ENPPI – it was the first Egyptian league game to allow spectators, albeit a small number, after...

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Deaths of Egyptian Soccer Fans Raises Questions

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsNeil BhatiyaPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThanassis CambanisThe Century Foundation
February 11, 2015 03:37 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Neil Bhatiya, Thanassis Cambanis Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/deaths-of-egyptian-soccer-fans-raises-questions/ This past weekend, rioting broke out at soccer match in Cairo, Egypt, in which violence between soccer fans and the Egyptian police led to twenty-five deaths. In a conversation with TCF fellow Thanassis Cambanis, I asked...

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