Whatever else happened to the egyptians from the revolution to. Abdou, zeinab zaazou modern sciences and arts university msa, egypt abstract. The paper examines the state of the egyptian economy before the reform era and the. The expectation gap in the egyptian economy after the january 25th. Download free digital books in pdf, epub and mobi formats. Download ebooks in pdf, epub, tuebl and mobi format for free or read online ebooks, available for kindle and ipad. The expectation gap in the egyptian economy after the january. Pdf books planet download free digital books in pdf. The political economy of the egyptian revolution mubarak. How the turbulence of the arab spring revolution has led the country to economic ruin. Springer nature is making coronavirus research free. Egypt s economy is the second largest in the arab world, after saudi arabia.
In the two years since the revolution, egypts economic performance has been weak. Impact of the socioeconomic situation post egyptian revolution 2011. Combining a quantile regression and a difference in difference methodology, we present empirical evidence in support of our hypotheses that the revolution has had an adverse impact on the egyptian economy, on average, but with heterogeneous effects across different sectors. Although 18 months have passed since hosni mubarak resigned from the presidency, the egyptian economy is still. Egyptian revolution, it is worth elaborating on the economic. The egyptian revolution and post socioeconomic impact.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Pdf the egyptian revolution and post socioeconomic impact. The fallout of the arab spring revolution has led egypt to. Learn more about the egypt economy, including the population of egypt, gdp, facts, trade, business, inflation and other data and analysis on its economy from the index of economic freedom. Prior to the revolution on the 25th of january, the economy in. Pdf on jan 19, 2016, noha bakr and others published the egyptian. Impact of the socio economic situation post egyptian revolution 2011.
Successive egyptian governments have struggled to develop a vision for a new economic model for egypt, while simultaneously implementing populist policies to appease the immediate demand of the public. More generally, this situation symbolized a crisis of the egyptian postcolonial. Egypt allows its currency to float freely bbc news. Egyptian economy, but the business community has not yet responded. Economic conditions in egypt prior to 25th of january revolution. The private sector in postrevolution egypt carnegie. The political economy of reform in egypt carnegie endowment. A growing number of recent studies on the egyptian revolution attribute its beginning to a set of socio economic and political factors. The economy of egypt was a highly centralized economy focused on import substitution under. Prior to discussing the direct and indirect reasons behind the egyptian revolution, it is worth elaborating on the economic, social, and political circumstances of egypt prior to the 25th of january revolution.
First, to what extent have tunisians become disillusioned with democracy. This paper seeks to take stock of tunisias democracy eight years after the revolution by answering three questions. The economic causes of the egyptian revolution january 25. The expectation gap in the egyptian economy after the. Egypt s economy in 2011 banks in egypt could record a wave of cash withdrawals when they resume their operations, such examples have included companies among the hardest hit violent protests against president hosni mubarak, says bloomberg. The egyptian revolution and post socio economic impact doaa s. We are all egyptians was an oftenheard slogan during the 2011 revolution, and since, the. Authorities could take off the financial system to avoid this risk. While the 2011 egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much debate, the roots of the socioeconomic context which made the revolution possible. The egyptian revolution carries a challenging transition phase, starting out with problems such as low foreign direct investments fdi, a high budget deficit, a high debt. Finally, egypt has been witnessing the third generation of reform since. February 2011, after 18 days of mass protests, the egyptian president was forced to step.
Cairo press, 2000, since it deals with subjects that were not addressed in that book. Abdou and others published the egyptian revolution and. Although we expect that the first free presidential elections in. While the 2011 egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much. Although 18 months have passed since hosni mubarak resigned from the presidency, the egyptian economy is still stagnant.
Demographics, technology, foreign policy, legitimacy of the state, torture, corruption and other factors all played a part in bringing discontented egyptians. Egypt embarked on a path of economic liberalization within its statecentered. He argues that economic reforms implemented since the late 1980s provided. The egyptian revolution of 2011 brought longterm political differences to the foreground of egypt s national.
At the time of the egyptian revolution in 1952, the population of egypt was around 22 million. Web to pdf convert any web pages to highquality pdf. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and. Five years after the 2011 revolution, egypt s economy is floundering and remains far from recovery.
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