Egypt

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To help offset a rising budget deficit – amid falling foreign investment resulting from recent political upheaval – Egypt is looking for international funding. The economic effects of events of early 2011, though predictable, have prompted some short-term concerns over public financing.
There are signs that Egypt’s tourism industry may be set to recover far more quickly than expected from the two months of political turmoil and protests that brought the country’s economy to a near standstill. Visitor numbers are starting to climb, although any rebound will of course be dependent on a prolonged period of stability.
Over the greater part of the last decade, Egypt’s retail sector has undergone a transformation while increasing its importance in the national economy. Indeed, the resiliency that the sector displayed throughout the global downturn was partly due to strong domestic demand and growing consumer spending habits.

North Africa has been through a turbulent few years following the Arab Spring, although the region’s economies have navigated the subsequent challenges in very different ways. While exogenous pressures have constrained policy flexibility and fiscal space, the region’s long-term fundamentals are robust. Growth rates remain stable and new reforms are attracting capital into secondary and tertiary sectors.

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