Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Shana Marshall Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/04/15/egyptian-armed-forces-and-remaking-of-economic-empire-pub-59726 Snapshot: The Egyptian military has gained unprecedented power since overseeing the ouster of two Egyptian presidents, Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and Mohamed Morsi in 2013. With its major political rivals sidelined, more than $20...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Michael Hochberg Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt%E2%80%99s-energy-potential Egypt is not out of the dark, but there is reason to be hopeful. The nation’s energy market reforms and consistent debt repayments have won the attention and approval of international energy companies and investors in the form of significant investment in the...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Brendan Meighan, Alfred Jasins Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/59594 After years of doing little to rectify Egypt’s energy and electricity troubles, the government has finally moved to pursue sustainability. Energy demand, fueled by government subsidies, had for years outpaced domestic production. This has led to a large subsidy bill...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt-economic-development-conference-success-or-failure Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah first conceived of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) as a means of supporting Egypt and its new government after the toppling of President Mohamed Morsi in June 2013. The plan was to...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/what-the-economic-conference-got-right-and-wrong-in-sharm-el-sheikh-the-scorecard/ “Today is not the time for criticizing. Today is the time for cheerleading. Tomorrow, we criticize,” said my venture capitalist friend, responding to my skeptical comments after we...
Learn MoreSource: 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...
Learn MoreSource: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/what-egypt-should-realistically-expect-from-the-economic-development-conference/ Egypt’s Economic Development Conference (EEDC), launches this weekend in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Its stakes, in Egypt at least, seem to be getting higher by the minute. The...
Learn MoreSource: The Century Foundation Author(s): Neil Bhatiya Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/economic-reforms-in-egypt-are-not-enough/ This Friday sees the opening of a much-publicized economic and trade conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), personally hosted by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, is meant to “highlight the...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne, Katie Bentivoglio Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/59310 On March 13, the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh will play host to a major economic conference. It has been in the works ever since the late Saudi King Abdullah invited other nations to a donor conference following the June 2014 election of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Samer Atallah Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/great-expectations-egypt-economic-conference On March 13, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will inaugurate the Egypt Economic Development Conference in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The main objective of the conference is to put Egypt back on the world investment map. Sisi’s...
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