IFPRI’s Xiaobo Zhang and Fatma Abdelaziz gave two presentations at the 2019 annual conference for the Egypt’s Network for Integrated Development (ENID/ElNidaa). This year’s conference title was “Clusters and Economic Development in the South”. It was held in Luxor on February 14th and 15th, under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Egypt’s Prime Minister. During […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Making Egypt’s power sector more diverse and sustainable
Alam Hossain Mondal and Claudia Ringler
In Egypt, like everywhere, growing energy demand is increasingly at odds with the urgent need to control carbon emissions.
Nationally, energy use is rising approximately 6.5 percent a year. To keep up, the government has promoted growth in production of natural gas and other conventional energy sources. As gas production has risen, the share of renewable energy sources in power generation has shrunk. This strategy raises concerns about the country’s finite gas reserves, and also throws Egypt off track in meeting the goals laid out in its sustainable development plan... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Reviving Silk production in Upper Egypt based on the Chinese experience
Marina Iskandar, Research Officer, Egypt Network for Integrated Development (ENID/ EL Nidaa)
Silk industry and its historic expansion is a good example of the globalization and can easily describe the massive infiltration of the Chinese production in the world market. In fact the Sericulture industry and the cultivation of Mulberry trees are labor intensive activities which create employment opportunities for women and youth in the poorest rural areas. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
News: Third Annual Takaful & Karama Conference: From Social Protection to Production
NOV 22, 2018 IFPRI research was highlighted at the recent Takaful & Karama conference in Cairo, Egypt attended by several high-level policy makers including the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Solidarity, Minister of International Cooperation, Minister of Education, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Minister of Tourism, and a representative from the Ministry of Health. […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Publication: Targeting Social Safety Nets Using Proxy Means Tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Program
Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Naureen Karachiwalla
This chapter from ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report (2017-2018) uses Egypt as a case study to examine the effectiveness of proxy means test (PMT) targeting. Targeting effectiveness is defined in terms of the ability of the program to enroll beneficiaries from the lowest two quintiles of the expenditure distribution. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
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