Planning” issues a policy paper on alternative pathways to recovering the economy from Corona (El Watan News)

El Watan News published an article on a policy paper issued by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, in cooperation with IFPRI. The paper, Alternative pathways for the recovery of the Egyptian economy and the impact on sectors, jobs, and households, assesses the impact of the gradual cancellation of precautionary measures and measures related to the Coronavirus on the Egyptian economy during the first half of the year Financial 2020/2021. The paper aims to present expectations of economic growth at the macro and sectoral level and the impact of government interventions on the economy, in light of a number of alternative scenarios that differ in terms of the speed of easing precautionary measures, “fast, gradual, or slow.”  This study was conducted using the Social Accounting Matix (SAM), which monitors the flows of economic transactions and displays the structure of the economy during a specific point in time. Republished in Dostor, Egypt News Shafaqna.