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Jon Alterman breaks down Egypt’s economic crisis with Khalid Ikram, a senior economist and consultant for over a dozen major international development organizations. Then, Jon, Will, and Leah discuss how regional governments handle their economies in comparison to Egypt.

My previous books dealt with some of the principal issues the Egyptian economy faced, the policies that were implemented to deal with them, and the outcomes that resulted. Several experts on Egypt told me that a crucial factor missing in virtually all dis

IMF proposals and Egyptian government initiatives offer an opportunity to bring the countrys powerful military-owned companies under consolidated ownership and regulatory frameworks, mitigating their adverse impacts on economic output, public finances, and private sector development.