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EGYPT CONFRONTS ECONOMIC AND SECURITY CHALLENGES AS IT ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN ITS POSITION IN THE ARAB WORLD

2017 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Rubin Center Security and Counter-Terrorism Seth J. Frantzman

June 14, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: Rubin Center Research In International Affairs Author(s): Seth J. Frantzman Original Link: http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/06/egypt-confronts-economic-and-security-challenges-as-it-attempts-to-regain-its-position-in-the-arab-world/ Snapshot: Six years after protests toppled Husni Mubarak, Egypt is still struggling with the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” and the chaos it unleashed. The...

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TIMEP Brief: European Arms Sales to Egypt

2017 Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

June 13, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/timep-brief-european-arms-sales-to-egypt/ Although the United States continues to be its chief provider, Egypt has diversified its weapons supply, purchasing more arms from Europe and Russia since 2014 than ever before. Europe and Russia have welcomed sales to Egypt (and the rest...

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Feeding Social Stability in Egypt

2017 Carnegie Economy Egypt Paper Zeinab Abul-Magd

June 08, 2017 03:41 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Zeinab Abul-Magd Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/71198 This Ramadan, the Egyptian army is charitably distributing millions of food boxes in poor urban and rural areas across the country. Conscripted soldiers from various military branches pack food items including sugar, rice, beans, pasta, cooking oil, tomato paste, and tea in boxes that...

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Regional Agreements and Authoritarian Measures in Egypt

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Mohamad Adam Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

June 02, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamad Adam Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/regional-agreements-and-authoritarian-measures-in-egypt/ Last Monday, a picture was taken in Saudi Arabia of a glowing globe controlled by the six hands of the King Salman of Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump of the United States, and President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi of...

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Egypt | New Law Will Cripple Egyptian NGOs

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Unknown

June 02, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20004&lang=en We the undersigned civil society organizations strongly condemn the ratification of a new law regulating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt, issued by President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday, May 24. The law ushers in unprecedented levels of repression...

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Working Paper- Do Workers’ Remittances promote Consumption Stability in Egypt?

2017 Aliaa Abdallah Chahir Zaki Economy Omneia Helmy Paper The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies

June 01, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: The Egyptian Center For Economic Studies Author(s): Omneia Helmy, Chahir Zaki, Aliaa Abdallah Original Link: http://www.eces.org.eg/Publication.aspx?Id=625&Type=10 Abstract: This paper examines cyclical characteristics of remittances and explores their counterbalancing and consumption-smoothing potential. First, it uses quarterly data to better reflect the shortterm dynamics of...

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Working Paper- Revisiting the Impact of Trade Openness on Informal and Irregular Employment in Egypt

2017 Chahir Zaki Economic Research Forum Economy Mélika Ben Salem Paper

June 01, 2017 05:55 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mélika Ben Salem, Chahir Zaki Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/revisiting-the-impact-of-trade-openness-on-informal-and-irregular-employment-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the evolution of the shares of informal and irregular employment in total employment. In fact, Egypt has...

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Tightening the Noose on Egypt’s Civil Society

2017 Amy Austin Holmes Carnegie Civil Society Paper

June 01, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amy Austin Holmes Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/70146 The massacre on May 26 of Coptic Christians in Minya by Islamic State-affiliated gunmen was the fourth such incident in six months, following several attacks on churches in Cairo, Alexandria, and Tanta. Instead of addressing glaring security deficits—and protecting Copts, who have...

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Working Paper- The Political Economy of A Sector in Crisis: Industrial Policy and Political Connections in the Egyptian Automotive Industry

2017 Amirah El-Haddad Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Jeremy Hodge Nizar Manek Paper

June 01, 2017 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad, Jeremy Hodge, Nizar Manek Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-political-economy-of-a-sector-in-crisis-industrial-policy-and-political-connections-in-the-egyptian-automotive-industry/ Abstract: The Egyptian automotive industry developed under the country’s policy of import substitution industrialization (ISI). It mainly...

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The Battle Over Al-Azhar

2017 Carnegie Egypt Judicial Affairs Mariam Ghanem Nathan J. Brown Paper

May 31, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Mariam Ghanem Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/70103 Over the past month, debate in Egypt has centered around a legislative initiative designed to reorganize the way the country’s religious establishment is governed. At first glance, the initiative appeared designed to place the top leadership of Al-Azhar, the sprawling...

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A Monetary Theory of Everything: “Printing” New Money and Egypt’s Economic Ills

2017 Economy Osama Diab Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

May 30, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Osama Diab Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/a-monetary-theory-of-everything-printing-new-money-and-egypts-economic-ills/ Last week, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) unexpectedly decided to raise interest rates by two percentage points to mitigate spiraling inflation. While academic economists and observers of financial...

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Egypt Must Strengthen Budget Institutions to Curb Mounting Budget Deficit

2017 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mohamed Zaky Paper

May 30, 2017 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Mohamed Zaky Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/egypt-must-strengthen-budget-institutions-to-curb-mounting-budget-deficit/ Abstract: • Since the January 2011 popular revolution, the budget deficit in Egypt has worsened. • A new strategy announced by the government to contain the budget deficit and control public debt includes many measures...

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