Understanding Poverty and Inequality in Egypt : Background Papers
The previous decade in Egypt was marked by major internal and external shocks that have surely had severe implications for the evolution of the population’s welfare. In recent years, social, political, and economic changes have transformed the land...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/231911575625175175/Background-Papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33039 |
| Summary: | The previous decade in Egypt was marked
by major internal and external shocks that have surely had
severe implications for the evolution of the population’s
welfare. In recent years, social, political, and economic
changes have transformed the landscape of the Egyptian
society. On January 2011, the revolution started. Led by
wide protests and social discontent, the movement ended with
the ousting then president. His toppling was followed by two
presidential elections in two years. Given the structural
constraints to macroeconomic stability and fiscal pressures,
the government engaged in a series of economic reforms to
reel in spending and set the country in a sustainable path.
It is critical to understand how the welfare of Egyptian
households evolved during this period. Analyzing who were
affected the most is key to assessing what the future
conditions hold for their welfare and how policies can be
better designed to protect them. The objectives of this
paper are twofold. The first is to provide a detailed
description of the methodology that has been applied in
Egypt in estimating poverty, including the decisions taken
to build the consumption-based welfare aggregate. The second
objective of this note is to understand how the events from
recent years have affected households’ living conditions. |
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