The disaggregated Egypt Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) was constructed for 1997 for an analysis of Egypt's food subsidy system.
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The aggregated Egypt Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) was constructed for 1997 and has 14 sectors, 10 households, 4 factors, a government account and a rest-of-the-world account.
Despite achieving a significant cost reduction over the past two decades, the absolute cost of food subsidies in Egypt is still high relative to the benefits received by the poor.
This paper uses a panel data of 347 households in Egypt to measure changes in household consumption between 1997 and 1999 and to identify causes behind the changes.
Despite achieving a significant cost reduction over the past two decades, the absolute cost of food subsidies in Egypt is still high relative to the benefits received by the poor.
Household food security is an important measure of well-being.
Addressing longer-term issues of economic development in Egypt, the paper employs a dynamically recursive computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the outcomes associated with two types of development approaches over the period 1998-20
discussion paper
Less poverty in Egypt?
In this paper, the impact of alternative development strategies on growth and poverty is assessed in an economywide framework, using Egypt as a case study.
journal article
A profile of poverty in Egypt
This paper presents a profile of poverty in Egypt for 1997.
Egypt's food subsidy system has been a mainstay of the government's long-term policy of promoting social equity and political stability.
Egypt’s food subsidy system has been a mainstay of the government’s long-term policy of promoting social equity and political stability.
The 1997 questionnaire was administered to 2,500 households from 20 governorates using a two-stage, stratified selection process from March through May, 1997.
The questionnaire was administered to randomly selected wholesale and retail traders in 18 governorates (Cairo and Alexandria; Damietta, Dakahlia, Sharkia, Ismailia, Qalubia, Kafr El-Sheikh, Gharbia, Menufia, and Beheira in Lower Egypt; Giza, Fayu
The questionnaire was administered to 1,984 geographically weighted, randomly selected wheat and wheat flour traders located in 141 districts in 18 governorates from August through December, 1996.
Many developing countries are in transition from a state-dominated to a more market-oriented economy.
discussion paper
The determinants of employment status in Egypt
Egyptian labor market is moving from a period of high overall unemployment to one where unemployment is increasingly concentrated among specific groups whose access to the private-sector labor market is limited.
El papel de la mujer en la economía se ha subestimado con frecuencia y su trabajo en la agricultura ha sido invisible por mucho tiempo.
This brief examines the key roles that women play in ensuring food security and makes three recommendations of ways to strengthen the food security through policies and programs that enhance women's abilities and resources to fulfill their ro