empowerment of women (the third MDG) and the special problems of fragile states, where extreme poverty is increasingly … equality and the empowerment of women are central to the development agenda. This is because gender equality makes good …

This Selected Issues paper examines whether Egypt’s current account and exchange rate are in broad equilibrium. The … of Egypt’s real exchange rate is presented. The paper uses data envelopment analysis to analyze the efficiency in public …

The Arab Republic of Egypt’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the externally driven recovery has gained steam … reached record highs, and the current account surplus has increased, enabling banks and the Central Bank of Egypt to …

This Selected Issues paper on the Arab Republic of Egypt examines the dynamic relationship between the nominal exchange … rate and prices during Egypt’s exit from a managed exchange rate regime. The exit from the peg went through several phases …

This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) data module provides an assessment of Egypt’s macroeconomic …

The paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of currency substitution in Egypt and the Yemen Arab …

This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Egypt's economic performance since 2004 has been generally impressive …

This 2010 Article IV Consultation highlights that Egypt has weathered the global financial crisis relatively well and … recovered over half of the losses since the April 2008 peak. Egypt’s sovereign spreads tightened during 2009 and, in early 2010 …, remain well below their pre-Lehman levels. Reducing the fiscal deficit and public debt are key medium term objectives. Egypt …