As the world is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis it is [...]
Women employment in Egypt
How age and education affect female employment in Egypt
This is part two of a series of articles spotlighting the findings of a recent report by [...]
Employability
What have we learnt about youth skills?
“It’s a tough time to be looking for a job” is a phrase many young people have [...]
Economic development
How important is research to economic development? Q&A with J-PAL’s Alison Fahey
Orthodox thinking of how to help the most unfortunate in our societies tends to be the unconditional [...]
Post-Covid Recovery
Softening the impact of COVID-19: What has worked for Egypt?
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
Listen to the article COVID-19 has indeed exposed the existing vulnerabilities of the world, [...]
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
Listen to the article COVID-19 became a reality in Egypt last March, and like [...]
