Abstract In 2019, the Government of Egypt issued a new legal framework for its social
insurance system. Aside from providing a unified scheme covering different groups of …

This paper examines the extent to which the institutional framework for social insurance (SI)
might constrain access to contributory schemes and explain workers' coverage gaps. We …

Does social assistance tailored to augmenting workers' budgets or their human capital
improve workers' lot several years down the road? In Arab countries, how have the …

This article focuses on two pension reforms in Egypt in order to understand the dynamics of
social policy reform under authoritarian rule. One was supported by the World Bank and …

This paper questions the degree to which social thinking is guiding social policy in Egypt.
The apparent fluctuations in social spending coupled with the lack of clear purpose and …

Social protection has become a fundamental focus of governments and policymakers to
eradicate poverty. They are key in protecting vulnerable and marginalized population from …

This article review provides an insight into the main signals that will be responsible for the
coming recession that will start from developed countries and will reflect negatively on …

The paper provides analysis on one of the feeblest countries that was once one of the
richest. The country is actually facing several economic and political crises. This crisis …