In several of our previous content- including our end-of-year economy snapshot video- we refer to the positive [...]
Export development
What will it take for Egypt to reach the $100 billion exports target? [Pt 1: Maha Saleh]
It is a well-established fact that exports can be a key driver of economic growth and recovery, [...]
Income inequality
Is the rising economic inequality an existential threat to capitalism?
Arguably one of the biggest threats to the stability of world economies is the undeniable rise in [...]
Social protection
Changing business as usual: the case for universal basic income
COVID-19 has indeed exposed the existing vulnerabilities of the world, but it also shed light on models [...]
Youth unemployment
How a small labor scheme helped hundreds of poor women in Minya achieve self-employment
With the help of small amounts of funding and training, hundreds of young women in the Upper [...]
Research and informal communities
Covid-19 and the need for new approaches to capture informality in Egypt
COVID-19 became a reality in Egypt last March, and like elsewhere, it fiercely attacked the country’s vulnerable [...]
Youth skills
Vocational skills: A still untapped potential for Egypt
While the notion of life-long learning emerged in 1970, however, it has brought to the forefront recently [...]
Employment
Manufacturing has biggest potential of boosting employment in Egypt, according to Egyptian economist Ragui Assaad
While the numbers show that Egypt’s economic growth has significantly recovered in recent years, this growth hasn’t [...]
CSR and Sustainable Development
How can businesses operating in Egypt ensure their CSR activities achieve sustainable development?
With poverty rates having reached over 30% this year according to the Egyptian government's statistics, the importance [...]
The World Bank
World Bank senior operations officer offers sobering insights on Egypt’s economic reforms
Egypt’s sweeping economic reforms are still not delivering on all of their promised rewards, according to Sherif [...]
