The Egyptian Stock Exchange is facing multiple problems related to direct investment, and lack of incentives for listing companies, which caused a drop in daily trading and in the number of listed companies as well as a decline in the market value of these companies as a percentage of GDP, weakening the capital market in […]
This roundtable discussed the findings of a study conducted by ECES aiming at identifying the causes of the upward inflationary trend in Egypt, focusing on the period from 2000 to 2018. According to the study, the structural causes of inflation in Egypt are attributed to mainly increased relative prices and money growth compared to the […]
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, […]
A regional economic research network, the Economic Research Forum (ERF) holds a highly visible conference each year that provides a platform for approximately 250 international and regional economists (and professionals in related disciplines) to discuss the most pressing development challenges facing the region.The theme of this year’s was “Revisiting Macroeconomic Management in Times of Crisis […]
Credit rating agencies play a decisive role in determining the borrowing costs in global financial markets through the standardized ratings they produce. These agencies, despite their announced methodologies, prefer to keep their empirical evaluation receipt stealthy so that they are not obliged to justify their discretionary conduct of sovereign ratings. This webinar aimed to discuss […]
This webinar aimed to discuss findings of an ECES study on civil society. The study discussed the main weaknesses of NGOs and their governing institutional, legislative and executive frameworks. It also attempted to estimate their economic contribution, recommending measures to advance the civil society in Egypt and deepen its role. Minister of Social Solidarity, Nevin […]
This webinar discussed the findings of an ECES study on Egypt’s ICT value chain. The study aims to determine whether Egypt’s ICT sector is following a lower or a higher growth path, to what extent it is using its full potential, the extent to which it is able to respond quickly to the current technological […]
Organized in collaboration with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), this hybrid event discussed the findings of an ECES study on the institutional, structural, and legislative dimensions of the IDA, shedding light on the experiences of other countries in the field of industrial development.
In this hybrid event, we hosted Ragui Assaad to discuss his most recent book carrying the same title. He argued that a favorable, but temporary, demographic situation has resulted in reduced labor supply pressures on the Egyptian labor market in the past decade, leading to falling unemployment rates. However, the drop in unemployment is attributed […]
COP27 Presidency, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27 and the World Bank Group in partnership with the Center for Economic and Financial Research & Studies (CEFRS), the Economic Research Forum (ERF), the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) and the Institute of National Planning (INP) have the pleasure to invite you […]