Overview: Why do some countries maintain economic stability and investor confidence, while others experience credibility crises? This book examines how political decisions, institutional integrity, and public trust shape economic policy. The authors highlight the consequences of populist governments, which often undermine economic efficiency and democratic stability. The book analyses how populist governments affect a country’s […]
Abstract: Traditional measures of airline service quality provide useful indicators of performance, but they offer limited insight into why passengers are dissatisfied. This study uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to analyze unstructured passenger reviews and identify the specific service problems underlying changes in perceived service quality. We analyze 16,622 TripAdvisor reviews of two anonymized […]
This issue of Economic Lens examines cyber security and its importance to the economy, highlighting the current cyber security risk landscape in the Middle East and Egypt .
Overview: In Private Power and Democracy’s Decline, Mordecai Kurz explores the relationship between free-market capitalism and democracy. He shows that technology has made capitalism different from what was envisioned in the Age of Enlightenment. Technology creates centers of market power and monopoly concentration that result in a society in which some people are enriched immensely […]
This report presents the results of a periodic evaluation carried out by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) of a sample of 120 private sector firms covering various sectors and sizes, reflecting the opinion of the business community regarding developments in a set of variables, specifically: production, domestic sales and exports, commodity inventory, level […]
Abstract Export diversification is essential for Egypt’s efforts to achieve sustainable growth and structural transformation. This study develops a Trade and Investment Composite Index (TICI) to identify high-potential export products by integrating five dimensions: export competitiveness, export dynamics, investment attractiveness, product complexity, and green complexity. The framework is applied to 1,058 products classified at the […]
This issue of Economic Lens discusses the decline in Egyptian exports and the key factors behind this decline.
Overview: A revealing look at the decline in formal employment in favor of hiring contractors, freelancers, temps, and marginal workers, who are excluded from traditional benefits and career ladders. Companies cannot exist without workers, but they are increasingly reluctant to have employees. Instead of providing the benefits and protections that have traditionally come with employee […]
This issue of Economic Lens discusses a new methodology for analyzing online reviews and ratings, providing more precise insights into consumer experiences.
This issue of Economic Lens discusses the decline in money supply in June and its implications for liquidity and monetary policy in the Egyptian economy.