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Turkey • 8 min read

Could the Turkish lira crisis hit Egypt?

Waad Ahmed | Will emerging markets, including Egypt's, be hit by a contagion?

26 August 2018

budget • 17 min read

People, the government and businessmen: Who drafts the budget and who stands to benefit?

Waad Ahmed | A discussion on how a more transparent and participatory budget can promote economic justice

16 August 2018

energy and fuel subsidies • 14 min read

How oil hedging could allow Egypt to lift fuel subsidies despite rising international prices

Waad Ahmed | Hedging could allow Egypt to continue austerity measures without leaving the local market vulnerable

25 July 2018

social spending • 10 min read

As Egyptians brace for further increases in living costs, government announces social spending package

Waad Ahmed | Ahead of anticipated austerity measures, Parliament has approved a new social spending package

5 June 2018

2018/19 budget • 12 min read

How to make LE89 bn in fuel subsidies disappear: Egyptians brace for steep price hikes

Waad Ahmed | What will it mean for Egypt to try to meet the 2019 deadline for liberalizing fuel prices?

17 April 2018

social spending • 23 min read

Escaping the poverty cycle? 3 years of Takaful and Karama

Waad Ahmed | Inflation, limited payout increases and an impeded rollout have marked government subsidy programs

4 April 2018

IMF loan • 12 min read

1 year later: How has flotation impacted individuals and investors?

Osman El Sharnoubi | Egypt has seen living standards diminish and experienced a questionable impact on investment

5 November 2017

IMF loan • 15 min read

Can dependence on ‘hot money’ boost the economy amid risks of social tensions?

Waad Ahmed | Find out whether the influx of over US$17 billion in investments augurs prosperity or crisis

19 October 2017

energy and fuel subsidies • 20 min read

Slash and burn: Reducing fuel subsidy bill at whose expense?

Waad Ahmed | Government continues pattern of price hikes for subsidized fuel types to reduce fuel subsidy bill

29 June 2017

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Opinion

Mohamed Gad

An income spent on daily subsistence

Wage earners are picking up the tab of Egypt’s economic ‘reform’ program

6 August 2018

Tarek Ghanem

Opium or coffee? Islam and its relevance in hard times

Is religion numbing Egyptians into acquiescence amid a number of merciless austerity measures?

17 July 2018

Amr Adly

The IMF is neither the problem nor the solution

Development does not co-exist naturally with free market policies

11 May 2017

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energy and fuel subsidies • 4 min read

Government increases prices for household and commercial gas by up to 75%

22 July 2018

Central Bank of Egypt • 5 min read

PM pledges to double job opportunities in coming year, despite minimal policy changes

8 July 2018

gas prices • 16 min read

Live updates: Government raises transportation costs nationwide following fuel price hikes

16 June 2018

gas prices • 8 min read

Government hikes fuel prices by up to 66.7%

16 June 2018

electricity prices • 6 min read

Government raises electricity tariffs for industrial producers by up to 43%

13 June 2018

electricity prices • 7 min read

Government raises household electricity tariffs by up to 69.2%

12 June 2018

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