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Why privatisation is vital for the Arab world

Economic reform is key to the future of a region which needs to diversify away from dependency on oil, or a reliance on international funding. There has been both resistance and progress so far.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 30 October 2023

Egypt, the world's second-largest IMF borrower, has dug itself a hole. Meanwhile, Egyptian citizens are the ones trying to scramble out of it.

Aliaa Aboukhaddour

‘International Misery Fund’: Egypt struggles not to fall into IMF debt hole

Egypt, the world's second-largest IMF borrower, has managed to reach several agreements, yet failed to achieve reform goals in the process. Now, Egyptians are bearing the brunt.

Marcelle Nasr 10 October 2023

There is a new way for foreigners to become Egyptians, if they have enough money. It also comes with a political price for an indebted government grappling with debt.

Matthew Holland

Decision to sell citizenship stokes controversy in Egypt

There is a new way for foreigners to become Egyptians, if they have enough money. It also comes with a political price for an indebted government grappling with debt

Marcelle Nasr 17 April 2023

Daily life in Egypt has been strained by a wave of price rises driven by Egyptian pound slumps, leaving the country at the mercy of the dollar.

Jamie Wignall

Egypt’s deal with the IMF comes with dramatic consequences for the economy

Daily life in Egypt has been strained by a wave of price rises driven by Egyptian pound slumps, leaving the country at the mercy of the dollar.

Marcelle Nasr 13 February 2023

Egyptian man waits outside a currency exchange office with a large-scale image of the US dollar in Cairo, Egypt, 22 March 2022. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Chronic Crisis of the Egyptian Economy

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, the Egyptian economy has been weathering a significant amount of pressure, that poses a serious threat to the hard-earned gains of…

Dalia Ziada 15 April 2022

Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, at the Sirius Park of Science and Art. (Getty)

For the First Time — Egypt Debuts Islamic Finance Market

As the Egyptian parliament has approved a sovereign sukuk law this month, Egypt is now officially entering the Islamic finance market for the first time, with the volume of sukuk issuances reaching …

Menna A. Farouk 18 June 2021

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