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1. Household micro and small enterprises in Egypt : overview and developments through 2023
El-Haddad, Amirah; Zaki, Chahir;2025
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link 2. Storm survivors : evidence from firms in times of pandemic
El-Haddad, Amirah; Zaki, Chahir;2024
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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3. Operationalising social contracts : towards an index of government deliverables
abstractThe international development debate is increasingly referring to the notion of the "social contract" - often, however, without a clear definition of the term and its implications. We therefore make a suggestion for measuring at least some elements of social contracts in order to make it easier to compare them across time and space. We build on a concept developed earlier, according to which social contracts are the "entirety of explicit or implicit agreements between all relevant societal groups and the sovereign (i.e. the government or any other actor in power), defining their rights and obligations towards each other" (Loewe, Zintl, & Houdret, 2021, p. 3). Specifically, we develop indices to capture the three "Ps" that governments can deliver to societies: protection against internal and external threats, provision of social and economic services, and allowing political participation. These indices are composed of indicators for the different aspects or dimensions of the three Ps. We use mainly input variables to gauge the willingness of governments to deliver the three Ps because outcome variables depend on too many other factors influencing the efficiency of the political process. In a second step, we calculate the values of 154 countries for all three indices around the year 2019. The results prove that the three indices are useful and valid. Their values stretch over a large range (almost from 0 to 1), but their means and medians are on similar levels, which shows that the indices are well-scaled. Also, they correlate to a high degree with each other and with other indicators such as per capita income and the Human Development Index, which proves their concurrent validity. Yet, these correlations are not perfect, which means that the three indices add information about the performance of governments in different countries. Finally, we even make a first step in identifying patterns in the results. Particularly, we find noticeable geographic clusters of social contracts with similar characteristics: For example, countries in Latin America were doing comparatively well on average in terms of political participation in 2019. Governments in sub-Saharan Africa, in turn were delivering disproportionately well on average in terms of protection and political participation if we take per capita income levels into consideration, but less so in terms of provision. And countries in the Middle East and North Africa tended to fail mainly with regard to political participation. Finally, our approach also allows for comparisons across sub-indices, that is, the different aspects of protection, provision and participation.
Loewe, Markus; El-Haddad, Amirah; Zintl, Tina;2024
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Link Link 4. The role of political connections in COVID policy response : effectiveness of firm-level government support in Egypt
El-Haddad, Amirah; Zaki, Chahir;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations)
5. Political patronage and economic opportunity : vertical integration in Egyptian textiles and clothing
El-Haddad, Amirah;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Link 6. Firm closures and performance in a time of pandemic
El-Haddad, Amirah; Zaki, Chahir;2022
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 7. Post Covid-19 firm-level government support in Egypt : uneven allocation and unequal effects
El-Haddad, Amirah; Zaki, Chahir;2022
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 8. Firm dynamics in times of COVID : evidence from Egyptian firms
El-Haddad, Amirah; Zaki, Chahir;2022
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 9. Operationalising social contracts: Towards an index of government deliverables
Loewe, Markus; El-Haddad, Amirah; Zintl, Tina;2024
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Link 10. The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa : evidence for action
abstractThis study analyses how strengths and weaknesses of economic, societal, political and environmental structures played out during the Covid-19 crisis in Africa since March 2020. Its main aim is to improve evidence on the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on African countries and, based on that evidence, identify policy implications and formulate recommendations. It comprises the analysis of (a) direct impacts of the pandemic as well as of policy responses such as lockdowns and their potential determinants; (b) indirect effects of lockdowns and policy responses to the pandemic on economic, social, political and environmental domains in the light of structural strengths and weaknesses of African countries. In general, the study is based on the assumption that economic and other structures determine the magnitude and direction of the pandemic’s impact on the short and long run. Its added value is the thematic comprehensiveness and the comparative analysis of country clusters. Amongst many other findings, the analysis shows the important role of social cohesion for coping with the pandemic and for sustainable development on the longer run. This implies the need for (a) material and immaterial investments in good and trustful relationships within societies and between society and the state; (b) incentives for increasing cooperation of individuals for a common good need to be at the core of future development strategies. It identifies a trias of political priorities, which are all equally important and relate to each other. They contain (a) inclusive and green economic development that must be linked to (b) the establishment and improvement of universal social systems (health, education, social protection in case of poverty, old age and unemployment) as well as (c) a redesign of political institutions that are capable and inclusive to collect revenues and provide public goods. (d) None of these policy priorities will be effective on the long run without saving ecosystems.
Leininger, Julia; Strupat, Christoph; Adeto, Yonas Adaye; Shimeles, Abebe; Wasike, Wilson; Aleksandrova, Mariya; Berger, Axel; Brandi, Clara; Brüntrup, Michael; Burchi, Francesco; Dick, Eva; El-Haddad, Amirah; Fiedler, Charlotte; Hackenesch, Christine; Houdret, Annabelle; Lehmann, Ina; Malerba, Daniele; Marschall, Paul; Mross, Karina; Schiller, Armin von; Schraven, Benjamin; Ziaja, Sebastian; Adel, Marian; Gitt, Florian;2021
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Link Link Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations)