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Income inequality convergence across Egyptian governorates

2021Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptIoannis BournakisPaper
March 09, 2021 14:28 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ioannis Bournakis Original Link: https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2021/03/08/income-inequality-convergence-across-egyptian-governorates/ Although the aggregate level of income inequality in Egypt seems to be relatively low and stable, the figures are likely to mask large inequalities at the regional level. This column summarises new evidence on differences...

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Egypt’s Reckoning

2021Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHoover InstitutionHuman RightsPaperSamuel Tadros
March 03, 2021 14:23 pm
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Source: Hoover Institution Author(s): Samuel Tadros Original Link: https://www.hoover.org/research/egypts-reckoning As a young man, Egypt’s legendary playwright, Tawfiq Al Hakim had worked as an assistant to the Attorney General in the Egyptian countryside. There he would witness firsthand the dismal state of the country’s fellahin and the grave injustices Egypt’s rural...

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Egyptian Exceptionalism in a Chinese-led World

2021Chatham HouseDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptMohamed El DahshanPaper
February 10, 2021 15:05 pm
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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Mohamed El Dashan Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/02/egyptian-exceptionalism-chinese-led-world When Cairo dispatched its minister of health Hala Zayed along with some medical equipment to Beijing to express solidarity with China in its battle with COVID-19 back in March 2020, the Egyptian government was beaming with pride – both publicly and...

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Egyptian-Saudi Relations: Strategic Ties with Some Political Strains

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGregory AftandilianPaper
February 09, 2021 15:03 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Gregory Aftandilian Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egyptian-saudi-relations-strategic-ties-with-some-political-strains/ Egypt and Saudi Arabia continue to be strategic partners in the Middle East, buoyed by shared interests and certain threat perceptions. Saudi Arabia values Egypt’s large military force, which helps to...

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Governorates’ share in budget expenditure only 10%

2021EconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
February 03, 2021 15:14 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/governorates-share-in-budget-expenditure-only-10/ Expenditure in Egyptian government’s budget is usually divided into three main components: the administrative apparatus consisting of thirty-four ministries and sovereign bodies; the ministries’ service bodies, estimated at about 161 bodies...

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Egypt’s “Populocracy”

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsNathan TorontoPaper
January 25, 2021 15:35 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Nathan W. Toronto Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypts-populocracy-29014 If the protests that began in Egypt on January 25, 2011, resulted in a coup-volution,[1] then what has developed since can only be called a populocracy.[2] The military exploited a genuine popular movement in 2011 to...

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The Road to (In)stability: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Egyptian Economy

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHealthItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaperTimothy E. Kaldas
January 25, 2021 15:30 pm
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Source: Timothy E. Kaldas Author(s): Italian Institute for International Political Studies Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/road-instability-impact-covid-19-egyptian-economy-27495 As in many parts of the world, COVID-19 has brought into sharper relief the structural problems in Egypt’s economy. In many respects, these problems are far from new. Egypt’s economy has had...

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Special briefing: The Arab Spring a decade on

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsDima M. ToukanEconomyEgyptEmiliano AlessandriFatima Abo AlasrarForeign RelationsHafsa HalawaHealthIbrahim Al-AssilJessica AgostinelliMiddle East InstituteMieczysław BoduszyńskiMohammed SolimanPaperPaul Salem
January 14, 2021 15:40 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Fatima Abo Alasrar, Mietek Boduszyński, Paul Salem, Mohammed Soliman, Hafsa Halawa, Dima M. Toukan, Emiliano Alessandri, Ibrahim Al-Assil, Jessica Agostinelli Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/special-briefing-arab-spring-decade#soliman On the 10th anniversary of the Tahrir Revolution, the ramifications of the protests could not be...

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World Report 2021 | Egypt

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHealthHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsMediaMinoritiesPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
January 12, 2021 15:13 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/egypt Egyptians in 2020 continued to live under the harsh authoritarian grip of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government. Tens of thousands of government critics, including journalists and human rights defenders, remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges...

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Egypt’s External Debt Exceeds $124 Billion

2020EconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
December 28, 2020 15:13 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-external-debt-exceeds-124-billion/ The Egyptian external debt has been escalating since the army  took over in July 2013, reaching $123.5 billion by the end of June 2020, compared to $43.2 billion at the end of June 2013, that is a rise of $80.3 billion, a growth rate of 186%, and...

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The Old and the New in Egyptian Civil-Military Relations

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRisa Brooks
December 01, 2020 15:32 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Risa Brooks Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/old-and-new-egyptian-civil-military-relations-28502 Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Egyptian military is tightening its grasp on the economy and strangling civilian politics and society — but this is nothing new. Rather...

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Sisi’s Egypt Moves from Military Economy to Family Firm

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRobert Springborg
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Robert Springborg Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/sisis-egypt-moves-military-economy-family-firm-28504 When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013, he inherited a military economy under the control of the officer corps and primarily serving its economic interests. He...

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