Economic Census Policy Briefs

In collaboration with the Macroeconomic Stabilization and Reform (MESR) project funded by the USAID and a group of researchers and experts, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has launched a research project to analyze the economic census data for the year 2017/2018. This project was conducted by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) to prepare policy papers that provide useful recommendations in economic reform policies and sustainable development with a main focus on a number of important pillars, such as: Idle production capacities in the Egyptian economy, ways to maximize operational capacity, investment in human capital and its impact on the economic performance of the governorates, spatial concentration of economic activities, determinants of informality in micro and small enterprises in Egypt and Promoting value-added of companies for sustainable development in Egypt. In addition to a number of policy papers that are specifically related to the labor market in Egypt, such as: future employment needs, understanding the gender gap in the Egyptian labor market, the gender dimension and its impact on improving the performance of establishments, female labor force, and female employment in the manufacturing sector. The research papers concluded a number of findings and recommendations through which the economic conditions of the country's basic sectors can be evaluated and results of relevant importance to planners and decision-makers can be highlighted, besides standing on the existing challenges with regard to the census methodology. The papers also provided recommendations related to information gaps and provided related interpretations that could be useful in preparing the next economic census.