The ratio of subsidies in total budget expenditure declined from 31 percent to 25 percent in FY2015/2016. This coincided with the introduction of the value added tax (VAT) and the change in social policy by shifting from in-kind to cash transfers. However, the resulting savings can be injected into various sectors such as infrastructure, health, […]
The seventh workshop discussed digital transformation in starting businesses and the most important reform efforts undertaken by the State in this regard. The starting business index, one of the indicators of the annual Doing Business report issued by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, measures the ease of starting small and medium enterprises […]
This seminar aimed to discuss Khaled Ikram’s “the Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt”. What are the long-term structural features of the Egyptian economy? What are the factors that have facilitated or inhibited its performance? This crucial and timely work answers these questions and more by examining the most important economic decisions to have impacted […]
The objective is to identify the reforms priorities to harness the power of tax policy and tax administration for ensuring cost-effective fiscal sustainability and inclusive growth. The event will build on the vibrant international dialogue on tax updates and their relevance to public finance situation in Egypt. The focus of the event will be on […]
The fifth workshop discussed the regulatory framework for digital transformation. Issuing such regulatory legislations in Egypt is overdue. The ICT act was promulgated in 2003, and the e-signature law was issued in 2004 and faced difficulties in its implementation due to the lack of binding clauses for all government agencies to use electronic signature. Up […]
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has started its development project 15 years ago due to the importance of information security as an integral part of the digital economy, which is stressed by Article 31 of the Egyptian Constitution. The third workshop addressed information generation and protection as well as cybersecurity. It discussed […]
The second workshop discussed certain models of global best practices in digitalization and how to benefit from them in Egypt. Speakers stressed the importance of digitalization for attracting foreign investment. The ease of investment procedures, business management, market entry and exit are among the important factors upon which investors decide their entry into a given […]
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, ECES launched an initiative to contribute to the government’s on going efforts aimed at accelerating digitalization in Egypt. The initiative includes holding a series of up to 29 workshops aiming to reach a framework for digitalization. […]
The launch of the National Strategy for Population and Development in 2014 was preceded by introducing an article in the Egyptian Constitution 2014, stipulating the commitment of the State to implement a population program, for the first time in the history of Egyptian constitutions. However, in spite of the great attention given to the overpopulation […]
