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Politische Transformation und Gewalt in Tunesien, Ägypten und Libyen seit 2011: Ein Forschungsaufriss

Mattes, Hanspeter - 2013

In Tunesien, Ägypten und Libyen wurden 2011 nach Massenprotesten und blutigen Auseinandersetzungen die langjährigen Machthaber Ben Ali, Mubarak und Qaddafi gestürzt. Alle drei Staaten befinden sich seither in einem noch nicht abgeschlossenen Transformationsprozess. Diese Umbruchphase ist...

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Sectoral Transformations in Neo-Patrimonial Rentier States: Tourism Development and State Policy in Egypt

Richter, Thomas; Steiner, Christian - 2007

This article challenges claims that liberalising state regulated markets in developing countries may induce lasting economic development. The analysis of the rise of tourism in Egypt during the last three decades suggests that the effects of liberalisation and structural adjustment are...

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When Do Autocracies Start to Liberalize Foreign Trade? Evidence from Four Cases in the Arab World

Richter, Thomas - 2010

This paper argues that trade and capital account reforms within autocracies underlie the primacy of foreign currency procurement. A longitudinal comparison of four countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) in the Middle East and North Africa region shows a historical sequencing of reforms....

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Financing health care in Egypt: Current issues and options for reform

Gericke, Christian A. - 2004

Introduction: The Government of Egypt has embarked on a process of reforming health care financing in the country. Under the influence of external advisers it has so far focused on social health insurance as the main funding mechanism. Other options, in particular tax-based financing, have...

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Comparison of health care financing arrangements in Egypt and Cuba: Lessons for health reform in Egypt

Gericke, Christian A. - 2004

Egypt and Cuba are both lower-middle income countries with a history of socialist rule and which have embarked on economic liberalisation since the 1990s. Health status in both countries is extremely different. While life expectancy of the Cuban population in all age-groups is similar to that of...

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The performance of state-owned enterprises and newly privatized firms: Empirical evidence from Egypt

Omran, Mohammed - 2002

Even though it is well documented that privatization leads to an improvement in the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) following divestiture, it is argued that the existing literature suffers from a misspecification measure because it does not consider the performance of control firms...

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Switching to the inflation targeting regime: Does it necessary for the case of Egypt?

Awad, Ibrahim L. - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of whether the switching to the Inflation Targeting (IT) regime is … criterion. That is, the practical experience of the inflation targeters, and the efficiency of Monetary Targeting Regime (MTR … down individuals expectations about the future path of inflation in Egypt. Taking into account that IT regime is a way to …

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Egyptian youth and the European Eldorado: Journeys of hope and despair

Zohry, Ayman - 2006

In this paper, I explore characteristics of Egyptian irregular migrants to Europe and reasons of irregular migration from the point of departure through a field survey in some Egyptian villages known of sending irregular – as well as regular - migrants to Italy and France (mainly). The...

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Rural childhoods in Egypt's desert lands

Adriansen, Hanne Kristine - 2007

Based on fieldwork in Egypt’s desert lands, this paper discusses rural childhoods in an area experiencing rapid social and cultural change. Since 1987, the Egyptian Government has made new villages in the desert as a means to increase agricultural production and solving problems of...

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Institutional reform of economic legislation in Egypt

El-Mikawy, Noha; Hashem, Amr; Kassem, Maye; El-Sawi, Ali; … - 2000

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