This step-by-step guide is designed to provide support to entrepreneurs (either existing or potential). It provides information about the main concepts and definitions of the business environment, the procedural requirements to establish a formal business, available financial services, the places that provide these services and how to obtain them, as well as the non-financial services […]
Intended mainly for investors and the business community, this annual publication provides summary data and information on the various aspects of the Egyptian economy.
This paper aims at highlighting the role of services in the Egyptian manufacturing sector, with a focus on the ready-made garments industry. By analysing services in the value chains of three case studies, this paper shows that inefficiencies in service provision have negatively affected the performance of the Egyptian Ready-Made Garments Industry. In a sector […]
This paper estimates Egypt’s equilibrium real exchange rate and exchange rate misalignment based on economic fundamentals over the period 2001Q3-2017Q3. Focusing on the more recent period, we find that the Egyptian pound was undervalued by about 22.3 percent in 2017Q1 due to overshooting its equilibrium value after floating the currency in 2016Q4. The currency undervaluation […]
Using monthly firm-level and sector-level data for the period 2005-2016, this study tries to examine the impact of devaluation on the increase in the quantity of exports, as well as the ability to export new products and/or venture into new export markets. In other words, this paper seeks to examine how both the intensive (the […]
This study examines institutional reforms aimed at introducing fundamental changes in publicadministration with a view to improving performance and enhancing the efficiency of existingadministrative systems. The manner of achieving this is by changing beliefs, attitudes, values andthe regulatory environment, to be more in line with modern technological development andmarket challenges. Also, by assuaging citizens’ concerns […]
Improving women’s income-earning ability contributes to promoting economic development in developing economies. The International Labor Organization (ILO) points out that paid and unpaid work by women can be a critical factor in poverty reduction in developing economies. In Egypt, while women make significant contributions as both workers and employers, they have yet to reach their […]