Egyptians often say that bread is life; most eat this staple multiple times a day, many relying
on the cheap bread subsidized by the government. In Staple Security, Jessica Barnes …

Food subsidies in the Arab Republic of Egypt are as old as the nation's pyramids. Over the
many upheavals and spells of stability, Egypt's policy makers have persistently prioritized …

This book's main hypothesis is that Egypt's large food subsidy system has been ineffective in
reducing undernutrition; in fact, it may have contributed to sustaining and even aggravating …

The Egyptian Revolution 2011 has its roots in neoliberal policies, the premises of which are
not shared by a large part of the Egyptian population. Starting from the call for “bread …

This paper examines the drivers of the 2010 Uprising in Egypt. It argues that the drivers of
the are the economic and political developments in Egypt since the 1960s. The political and …

In 2014, the Egyptian government launched a package of reforms that transformed the Food
subsidy system (FSS). These were promoted as a way to improve the system's efficiency and …

Social protection schemes in Egypt had been historically dominated by subsidy programs.
Spending on subsidies, grants and social benefits accounted for an average of 10 percent of …

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), established in 1975, provides
research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and …

The Egyptian food subsidy system is, to this day, one of the most important institutions of
Egyptian government. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the system emerged as …

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