Download or read book Good Governance in Egypt Legislative Drafting Manual for Better Policy written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the role of legislative drafting manuals in enhancing legislative and regulatory quality. It presents experiences and good practices from both OECD and MENA countries in the preparation and application of these manuals. In particular, the report discusses the preparation of ...
Download or read book Field of Reeds written by James B. Mayfield and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered: 1. Who built the Pyramids of Egypt and who are their descendents today? 2. Why does the author challenge the great Greek historian Herodotus, by auguring that Egypt is more a gift from the Fellahin, than a gift of the Nile? 3. What great event happened in the early 1960s that completely changed the life of the peasants of Egypt? 4. Why did the peasants (fellahin) of Egypt not engage in a massive revolt in the 1990s, when the Government allowed landowners to reclaim their land that the peasants had been cultivating for over 30 years? 5. Do you know the story of the village of Dinshaway that precipitated a national crisis, and that eventually forced Great Britain to leave Egypt after over fifty years of colonial rule? 6. Are the villagers of Egypt prone to violence or to submissiveness and what does that tell us about the future of Egypt? 7. Which farmers in the world have the highest yields in wheat, rice and corn? 8. Are the villagers of Egypt favorable to the Islamic extremist or more favorable to some form of democracy based upon moderate Islam? 9. Where do villagers say they want to live, if they could live any place in the world? 10. Why did a friend email the author on September 12, 2012 and tell him: Please tell the American people that the Egyptians they see storming the American embassy do not represent the people of Egypt. They are mostly a misguided minority of people who see the world through clouded glasses of hatred and bigotry, provoked and misinformed by extremists who share an agenda that is unIslamic, violent and destructive for Egypts future. Dr. James Mayfield, professor of Middle East Studies since 1967, has been studying the villages of Egypt (as a student, professor, researcher, trainer, manager and consultant) for over 40 years. This is a very comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, study of the rural Egypt. This book presents chapters on the history, the culture, the local government system, village schools and health care systems, the agricultural systems, causes and solutions for extreme poverty, the challenge of establishing a civil society in Egypt, and what prospects there are or democracy in Egypt. Each chapter includes a short narration story that brings the existence and culture of the Egyptian villagers to life through short but rich examples of how the Egyptian peasants (fellahin) live, work and survive in a world filled with challenges, problems, but also opportunities and hope for the future.
Download or read book Good Governance in Egypt written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the role of legislative drafting manuals in enhancing legislative and regulatory quality. It presents experiences and good practices from both OECD and MENA countries in the preparation and application of these manuals. In particular, the report discusses the preparation of Egypt's legislative drafting guide, which is among the first of its kind in the region. The report maps out the process of legislative drafting in Egypt, identifies existing challenges in the current legislative and regulatory framework, and explores how the Egyptian Legislative Drafting Guide could help overcome these challenges. The report concludes with tailored policy recommendations to help maximise the potential of the Egyptian Legislative Drafting Guide as a tool for obtaining better outcomes from legislation.
Download or read book Good Governance in Egypt Legislative Drafting Manual for Better Policy written by OECD and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the role of legislative drafting manuals in enhancing legislative and regulatory quality. It presents experiences and good practices from both OECD and MENA countries in the preparation and application of these manuals. In particular, the report discusses the preparation of Egypt's legislative drafting guide, which is among the first of its kind in the region. The report maps out the process of legislative drafting in Egypt, identifies existing challenges in the current legislative and regulatory framework, and explores how the Egyptian Legislative Drafting Guide could help overcome these challenges. The report concludes with tailored policy recommendations to help maximise the potential of the Egyptian Legislative Drafting Guide as a tool for obtaining better outcomes from legislation.
Download or read book Good Governance in Egypt written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the role of legislative drafting manuals in enhancing legislative and regulatory quality. It presents experiences and good practices from both OECD and MENA countries in the preparation and application of these manuals. In particular, the report discusses the preparation of Egypt's legislative drafting guide, which is among the first of its kind in the region. The report maps out the process of legislative drafting in Egypt, identifies existing challenges in the current legislative and regulatory framework, and explores how the Egyptian Legislative Drafting Guide could help overcome these challenges. The report concludes with tailored policy recommendations to help maximise the potential of the Egyptian Legislative Drafting Guide as a tool for obtaining better outcomes from legislation.
Download or read book Good Governance and Civil Security Relations written by Ahmed Abd Rabou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing the traditional civil-military relations approach to include security actors, the book compares the style of civil-security relations in both Egypt and Turkey. The volume comprehends the competition between civilian actors and military and security actors to impose control over the political regimes in transition and how this is related to the issue of good governance and democratization. The Egyptian and Turkish cases are viably comparable in terms of the status of civil-security relations and level of civilian control, specifically considering the different outcomes of the latest military putsches in both country (2013 in Egypt and 2016 in Turkey), and the extended experiences of both countries with a strong military influence and presence in politics. The different responses of the Egyptian and Turkish publics to the coup attempts invite an interesting comparison, especially given that in both cases, the public was the decisive factor in the success or failure of the coup. Focusing on civil-security relations within the broader context of good governance and democracy in Egypt and Turkey this book will be a key resource for students and scholars interested in political science, specifically comparative government studies and Middle East studies.
Download or read book Local Government in Egypt written by James B. Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a wealth of information about the structure and functions of local government in Egypt.
Download or read book Good Governance in Basic Education in Egypt written by Yasmin Khodary and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the numerous initiatives suggested and implemented to reform education in Egypt, very little was achieved in terms of improving education quality and, consequently, boosting development and democratic transition processes in Egypt. This paper argued that basic education in Egypt suffered variant degrees of weaknesses in applying good governance dimensions, including participation, accountability, responsiveness, fighting corruption, effectiveness and transparency, which ultimately affected negatively the overall performance of the basic education sector in Egypt. Building on the results of an assessment to governance in basic education in Egypt, the paper evaluated the degree to which basic education service providers in Egypt applied the principles of good governance (i.e. participation, accountability, responsiveness, fighting corruption, effectiveness, transparency, rule of law, efficiency and equity). The assessment was based on nationally-owned governance indicators structured in the form of a composite index. The paper highlighted the reasons behind the limited impact and weakness of basic education in Egypt from a governance perspective. Finally, the paper offered a new insight to improve basic education in Egypt. This insight focused on good governance in education as a technique towards a better quality and more democratic education.
Download or read book Good Governance and Civil Service Reform in Egypt written by Ahmed Atef Labib and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Governments in different states and even different governments within the same state may pursue different goals. To achieve their goals they apply administrative reforms, including civil service reforms, to adjust the government for achieving the intended goals. Pursuing different goals entails applying different administrative reforms. In the 2000s, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested the Egyptian government, through loan conditionality, an administrative and civil service reform to promote economic growth based on their concept of good governance. In this paper, I argue that the suggested reform does not target economic growth but targets debt repayment. To demonstrate the contradiction between the suggested reform and the alleged goal, in the first chapter I review the history of civil service reform in Egypt from the time of Mohamed Ali Pasha until the suggested reforms by the World Bank and the IMF. This review shows that different Egyptian rulers reformed the civil service to play a certain role while the foreign creditors of the 19th century applied similar reforms to those of the international financial institutions to secure debt repayment. In the second chapter, I explain the role of the civil service according to the concept of good governance upon which the World Bank and the IMF suggested the administrative and civil service reform in Egypt. In the third chapter, I tackle the critique of the suggested civil service reform to show that its main goal is making savings to ensure debt repayment, not improving the civil service to perform the assigned role.
Download or read book Egypt written by Robert Springborg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egypt is one of the few great empires of antiquity that exists today as a nation state. Despite its extraordinary record of national endurance, the pressures to which Egypt currently is subjected and which are bound to intensify are already straining the ties that hold its political community together, while rendering ever more difficult the task of governing it. In this timely book, leading expert on Egyptian affairs Robert Springborg explains how a country with such a long and impressive history has now arrived at this parlous condition. As Egyptians become steadily more divided by class, religion, region, ethnicity, gender and contrasting views of how, by whom and for what purposes they should be governed, so their rulers become ever more fearful, repressive and unrepresentative. Caught in a downward spiral in which poor governance is both cause and consequence, Egypt is facing a future so uncertain that it could end up resembling neighboring countries that have collapsed under similar loads. The Egyptian "hot spot", Springborg argues, is destined to become steadily hotter, with ominous implications for its peoples, the Middle East and North Africa, and the wider world.
Download or read book In the Guise of Democracy written by May Kassem and published by Garnet & Ithaca Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central issue addressed in this book is how an authoritarian system of government with personalised, unlimited presidential powers is maintained alongside multi-party legislative elections. The argument is that the democratic in stitutions are such that they pose little challenge to the president and are primarily instruments of presidential control.
Download or read book The Role of Political Parties in Promoting a Culture of Good Governance in Egypt Post 2011 written by Omar Kandil and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Acknowledging and understanding the opportunities in Egypt post-2011, this research focuses on Egyptian political parties, and their potential role in Egypt's ongoing transition, instigated by the events of January 2011. The main purpose of this paper was to answer the research question which is centered around the extent to which political parties can promote a culture of good governance in Egypt post-2011, taking several major parties and events as cases for the analysis. The main objectives of this research were to thoroughly understand the context in which political parties developed in Egypt and analyze the major recognized components of good governance, in order to ultimately assess how newly established political in parties in Egypt can contribute to the promotion of these components in post-2011 Egypt. This allowed to view these parties more in depth and properly assess their role in Egypt's current transition in relation to extrapolated components of good governance such as transparency, accountability, capacity building, rule of law , participation and representation, effectiveness, among other elements. It also provided insights on the potential opportunities for these institutions in Egypt, in terms of what they can bring to the transition if empowered and nurtured. Qualitative interviews were undertaken with party officials along with content and discourse analysis in order to provide holistic perceptions of the subject of study. The findings of the analyzed data allowed to provide insights on internal mechanisms of political parties which demonstrate elements of good governance. Various intra-party mechanisms showcased several aspects of commitment to transparency, accountability, capacity building, participation and this was the case for parties in various areas of the political spectrum. It also granted the research with an understanding of Egyptian parties in the context of elections, including processes of pre-elections such as internal and external endorsements of candidates as well as various alliances formations and formulation of party programs and platforms. Multi-party collaboration has also been a focal element of the analysis, with a focus on the stances and formal positions of various parties in regards to legislations and other macro-issues affecting the Egyptian political scene. Policy recommendations conclude the paper and allow for the research to serve as a comprehensive framework for understanding the potential role of political parties in Egypt post-2011 and what opportunities can allow for stronger parties to have a more significant role in promoting good governance in Egypt's ongoing transition moving forward.
Download or read book The Determinations of Public Trust in the Government of Egypt An Empirical Study written by Mohamed Elimam and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Trust is a concept that is usually studied in the context of social interactions. At varying levels, we trust our families and friends, we trust strangers who share some traits with us and even trust institutions like banks with our savings and to handle our personal finances. By expansion, political trust, or the public's trust in government as a whole and as individual agencies. Trust in government forms a basis for the legitimacy. High levels of political trust facilitates the implementation of policies with more willing compliance from the public. This is more evident in situations like global and national crises. In such situations of limited knowledge and high risks, citizens trust the public authorities to take the right decisions that might be, at face value, difficult on the average citizen. This research follows an empirical approach based on data from the fifth wave of the Arab Barometer Survey to identify the main determinants of public trust in the government of Egypt. After an extensive literature review of the different strands on trust, an ordered logistic regression model was developed that accounts for groups of variables including public perceptions on government performance, media consumption, views on different topics like corruption, democracy and Sharia law and other variables. The study results indicate statistically significant positive association between satisfaction with public services, positive evaluation of the current economic situation, level of social trust and trust in intentions of political leaders and trust in government in general. On the other hand, perceiving democracy as a suitable mode of governance for Egypt, perceiving national institutions as corrupt and believing in Sharia as the ultimate source of legislation have negative impact on the likelihood of trusting the government. Based on these results, several policy recommendations are given for the Egyptian government to rebuild the political trust levels.
Download or read book Democracy Assistance in Egypt written by Elizabeth N. Spencer and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 30 years, Egypt has been a key strategic partner of the United States and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. assistance. Starting with its revolution in January 2011, Egypt has undergone a series of political transitions. Shortly after the revolution, the U.S. government allocated $65 million in assistance for a range of activities to support Egypt's progress toward democracy. However, the Egyptian government objected to the U.S. government providing this assistance directly to NGOs, including to some that it viewed not to be registered under Egyptian law. In June 2013, the Egyptian government convicted employees of four U.S. NGOs. This book examines the extent to which the U.S. government identified and managed potential risks of providing U.S. democracy and governance assistance in Egypt; what support, if any, the U.S. government provided to the NGOs prosecuted by the Egyptian government; and the extent to which U.S. democracy and governance assistance in Egypt has been affected, if at all, by the prosecution of NGO workers.
Download or read book Europe s Burden written by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the efficacy of the European Union's promotion of good governance through its funding and conditionalities both within EU proper and in the developing world.
Download or read book The Enhancement of Corporate Governance in Egypt written by Heba Abou-El-Sood and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting corporate governance practices has been of great concern to the academia, professionals and policy makers. This concern might be, partially, triggered by the contribution of effective corporate governance practices to the economic development and financial stability. Nevertheless, good corporate governance practices may not be separated from the environment in which it operates. This could be derived from the revised report that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) undertook on corporate governance guidelines. In this report, OECD emphasized the importance of Ensuring the Basis for an Effective Framework for Corporate Governance (OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, 2004). Therefore, this research paper aims at shading light on the perception of governance performance with regard to the enforcement aspect, compared to legislation. Moreover, it attempts to analyze how such perception could contribute to adoption and application of corporate governance. The paper is organized as follows; the first section introduces the concept of corporate governance in an attempt to reach a well-tuned concept comprising adoption and enforcement of corporate governance. The second section deals with the importance of aggregate governance in shaping effective framework in which corporate governance can function properly. The third section analyzes perceptions of governance effectiveness with respect to two indicators; Regulatory Quality and Rule of Law. Finally, an attempt is made to tackle the linkage between perception on regulatory quality and rule of law, on one hand, and corporate governance performance in Egypt, on the other hand.
Download or read book State Budget Formulation Process and Good Governance Framework in the Context of Egypt written by Amira Mohamed El-Said Gamal El-Din and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Budget formulation process is the phase where the decisions are made regarding the allocation of resources. This process should reflect the objectives of the government, which consequently should mirror the priorities of citizens. Post January 2011 Revolution, Egypt witnessed economic, social and political challenges that affected the overall government performance. Due to the intrinsic role of the State budget at political, social and economic levels, specific attention was directed to its efficiency and effectiveness. Consequently, it is normal to question its ability to achieve the stated objectives, especially with the increasing demands of transparency, accountability and social justice. This attention paves the way for introducing reform initiatives for public financial management system in Egypt. Therefore, as a step to understand the foundation of the State budget process in Egypt, this research assesses the budget formulation process in Egypt within the framework of good governance in both the executive and legislative authorities against international standards. Also this research examines the significant factors affecting the process and the extent to which the legal and political contexts in Egypt help improve budget formulation process. Hence, this study provides a roadmap for the government, containing the prerequisites for enhancing budget formulation process in Egypt. In light of these prerequisites, the government should focus on the institutional aspects that include; moving to program-based budget, adopting fiscal decentralization, merging preparation of the recurrent and investment budget under one authority and applying monitoring and evaluation system. Nevertheless, concentrating on the institutional aspects should be in line with other legal and political ones.
