على الرغم من الجدل المثار، يرى الكثيرون أن الاقتصاد غير الرسمي كان بمثابة شبكة أمان اقتصادية للفقراء خلال فترة الانكماش الاقتصادي في مصر وبلدان أخرى. ويرى المعارضون لإضفاء الطابع الرسمي أن: أ) هناك عدد محدود من برامج إضفاء الطابع الرسمي الناجحة لأن معظم الحكومات تنظر إلى إضفاء الطابع الرسمي على أنها إجراء لجمع إيرادات إضافية […]
سؤال للمناقشة: ما الذي تقدمه تجارب الدول الأخرى لمصر لتوجيه عملية تصميم وتنفيذ سياسات العدالة الاجتماعية؟
With respect to Egypt, the report considers the textile industry of paramount importance to the economy, accounting for 5 percent of total GDP and 26.4 percent of industrial production. It employs more than half a million Egyptians and is a crucial foreign exchange earner. In spite of its superior raw materials, Egypt has been unable […]
Not only is the theme highly relevant for assessing progress within the current MDG framework, but it also has the potential to inform discussions about the post-2015 development framework in which urbanization will be a major factor. The report calls for complementary rural-urban development policies and actions by governments to facilitate a healthy move toward […]
This roundtable discussion highlighted the main findings of ECES research regarding the micro and macro factors behind modest R&D performance in Egypt’s pharmaceutical firms. At the micro level, an R&D strategy is evidently lacking, with firms leaning heavily towards development as opposed to basic or applied research. Moreover, there is virtually no collaboration either with […]