Overview: Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022 Correcting Course provides the first comprehensive analysis of the pandemic’s toll on poverty in developing countries It identifies how governments can optimize fiscal policy to help correct course.Fiscal policies offset the impact of COVID-19 on poverty in many high-income countries, but those policies offset barely one- quarter of the […]
This week’s issue of includes: Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week Special Analysis Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the Past Week
Overview: The book is about economic developments and policies in the first decade or so after the independence of the fifteen countries that emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. In those years, the countries were beginning the transition from the Soviet central planning system towards market economies. The book focuses on […]
Our Views The countdown has begun for the mandatory implementation of the ACI system (pre-registration of shipments), with only 20 days left. No goods will be allowed into Egyptian seaports, starting from the first of October, except through the ACI system. In its first enforcement of procedures levying taxes on electronic activities and content creators, […]
Our Views After a 10-year break, Egypt was able to issue the Human Development Report 2021; considered one of the most important reports monitoring the status of human development worldwide. Egypt was one of the first countries keen on documenting the state of human development, and has issued 11 reports since 1994, with this year’s […]
Our Views Facebook services are slowly getting back online after one of the biggest outages in recent memory, and the Facebook, Instagram and Messenger apps seem to be working again, although websites are loading slower than usual. Meanwhile, WhatsApp appears to be working again in some regions, but the application in general is still suffering […]
Our Views Egypt was able to stabilize its economy through comprehensive strategic policies, rooted in strong foundations. This resulted in gains in economic and structural reforms, and ongoing developments in various pillars and directions, in ways that help sustain improvement of economic indicators, and bolster the national economy against internal and external shocks through its […]
Our Views The Summit brings together policy makers and experts to discuss the multilateral challenges facing the G20 countries and other multilateral fora: Vaccines and health, climate and growth, international finance, trade and investment, digitalization, poverty, and inequality. The conference is held in Milan via the Internet and lasts 3 days. It is co-hosted by […]
Our Views Authorities at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education said that the schools have finished distributing students over two/ three periods over the course of the school day. Lists of students were prepared for different periods and announced in visible bulletins in schools, as well as electronically by publishing them on school groups […]
Our Views Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies have approved a global agreement that will see the profits of large businesses taxed at least 15 percent. It follows concern that multinational companies are re-routing their profits through low tax jurisdictions. The pact was agreed by all the leaders attending the G20 summit in Rome.Climate […]