Fragile States Resource Center
Skip to content
  • Home
  • Issues
    • Capacity Building
    • Conflict and Security
    • Economic Development
    • Elections
    • Foreign aid
    • Governance
    • Identity
    • Investing
    • Politics
    • Policies
    • Poverty
    • Religion
  • Places
    • Africa
      • DR Congo
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Nigeria
      • Somalia
      • Tanzania
    • Central Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • Latin America
    • Middle East
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Syria
      • Yemen
    • North America
    • South Asia
      • India
      • Pakistan
  • In-Depth
    • Why Matter
    • Causes and Characteristics
    • Sociopolitical Analysis
    • Development Strategies
    • Elite Incentives
    • Social Cohesion
    • Capacity Building
    • Public Goods Provision
    • Urban Based Models
    • Promoting Inclusive Growth
    • Poverty Reduction
    • Regionalism
    • Foreign Aid
  • Reviews
  • Reading
  • Submissions
  • About

Tag Archives: Mubarak

Is Egypt going broke?

Seth Kaplan | January 2, 2012 at 1:05 am


Is Egypt running out of money?

Financial woes add an extra layer of drama to one of the most important stories to watch in 2012.

(more…)

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook

219Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fragilestates.org%2F2012%2F01%2F02%2Fis-egypt-going-broke%2FIs+Egypt+going+broke%3F2012-01-02+01%3A05%3A22Seth+Kaplanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fragilestates.org%2F%3Fp%3D219

More on Economic Development, Elections, Middle East and North Africa


  • Key Posts

    • What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States
    • Differentiating Between Fragile States and Transition Countries
    • Horizontal Versus Vertical Social Cohesion: Why the Differences Matter
    • City Development States: Why Lagos Works Better than Nigeria
    • Inequality, Fragile States, and the New MDGs
    • Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?
    • Social Covenants: The Missing Ingredient in State Building Efforts
    • How Ethnic Divisions Become Political Fault Lines
    • Language Policy and Development: Lost in Translation
    • Strengthening the Rule of Law in Developing Countries
    • Is Pakistan an Emerging Market?
    • Hybrid Legal Systems Work Best
    • The Moral Foundations of Good Governance
    • Can We Measure Politics and Political Development?
    • Graduate Level Course on Fragile States
    • What can Southeast Asia teach Africa about development?
    • Can Foreign Aid Improve Pakistan’s Political Economy?
    • Prioritization — The Easiest Way to Improve Governance
    • Managing the “Fault Lines” that Plague Fragile States
    • Political Settlements: Summarizing the Latest Research
    • Can Informal Accountability Replace Elections?
    • Why do some countries have so few NGOs?
    • Where are the Development Political Scientists?
    • A Multidimensional Approach to Resolving Conflict: The Eastern DRC
  • Popular Posts

    • Syria's Ethnic and Religious Divisions
    • Nigeria's Potential for Sectarian Conflict
    • Understanding Libya: The Role of Ethnic and Tribal Groups in Any Political Settlement
    • India: Ten Political and Social Challenges
    • Côte d’Ivoire's Ethnic, Religious, and Geographical Divisions
    • Somalia's Complex Clan Dynamics
    • West Africa: Ethnic Divisions, State Fragility, and Regional Solutions
    • What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States
    • Comparing Different Theories on the Causes of Conflict
    • Causes of Revolution: The Role of Youth and other Social Factors
    • What the World Bank Does Not Understand About “Doing Business”
    • Differentiating Between Fragile States and Transition Countries
    • Horizontal Versus Vertical Social Cohesion: Why the Differences Matter
    • Bahrain: Analyzing Inequities Between Sunnis and Shiites
    • What to Read on Somalia
    • How Myanmar (Burma)’s Ethnic Diversity Holds Back Democracy
    • Best Links on Self-Declared State of Azawad in Mali
    • Development: Solving Collective Action Problems
    • How Ethnic Divisions Become Political Fault Lines
    • Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?
  • Key Reports

    • Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?
    • Development Trajectories
    • Societies, States and Citizens. A Policymaker’s Guide to the Research
    • Aiding Governance in Developing Countries: Progress Amid Uncertainties
    • Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict
    • An Upside-down View of Governance
    • Thinking and Working Politically
    • Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda
    • State and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
  • Reading

    • ‘Hybrid’ governance and Africa: examining a development buzzword | African Arguments
    • RCTs at local level may not work at high level. Why? Politics and Context. | Center For Global Development Blog
    • Eight Questions on Community Capitalism - WSJ
    • Shifting the development debate to jobs, productivity change and structural transformation | ODI
    • On the report: Too Much, Too Soon? The Dilemma of Foreign Aid to Myanmar/Burma | David Roodman, CGD
    • The Scary Hidden Stressor: Climate Change and the Arab Spring - Thomas Friedman
    • Development Channel » Emerging Voices: Leonard Wantchekon on a Global University in West Africa
    • Musa al-Gharbi: Is authoritarianism anti-democratic? - Your Middle East
    • Democracy is in retreat. And there's a surprising culprit: the middle class | Joshua Kurlantzick on Foreign Policy
    • Stalin's Legacy: Ethnic Time Bombs That Continue To Tick | RFERL
  • Stay Up-to-Date

    Subscribe by Email
    Add RSS Feed
    Follow us on Twitter
    Contact Us
  • Recent Posts

    • What the World Bank Does Not Understand About “Doing Business”
    • Political Culture – Deeply Entrenched, But Not Impossible to Change
    • Organizations and Economic Development – An Essential But Unappreciated Linkage
    • What the OECD Does Not Understand About Fragile States
    • Social Covenants: The Missing Ingredient in State Building Efforts
    • Discordant Development – Progress That Increases Instability
    • A Multidimensional Approach to Resolving Conflict: The Eastern DRC
    • Are Fragile States Really Failing to Meet the MDGs?
    • Bahrain: The Three Conflicts Shaping the Broader Crisis
    • Causes of Revolution: The Role of Youth and other Social Factors
    • Prioritization — The Easiest Way to Improve Governance
    • Is the Development Community’s Focus on Fighting Poverty Passé
    • Development: Solving Collective Action Problems
    • Social Exclusion Case Study: Pakistan
    • Political Settlements: Summarizing the Latest Research
    • Can We Measure Politics and Political Development?
    • Can Numbers Lie? Is Africa Rapidly Urbanizing (or Not)?
    • Why Do States Die? What Happens When They Cannot?
    • Why Was Jerry Rawlings Different?
    • Can Foreign Aid Improve Pakistan’s Political Economy?
    • Graduate Level Course on Fragile States
    • Somalia’s 20-Year Experiment in Hybrid Governance
    • Where are the Development Political Scientists?
    • How Do States Learn?
    • Can Informal Accountability Replace Elections?
  • Maps

    • Côte d’Ivoire’s Ethnic, Religious, and Geographical Divisions
    • Middle Eastern Religious Identities
    • Bahrain: Analyzing Inequities Between Sunnis and Shiites
    • West Africa: Ethnic Divisions, State Fragility, and Regional Solutions
    • How Myanmar (Burma)’s Ethnic Diversity Holds Back Democracy
    • Best Links on Self-Declared State of Azawad in Mali
    • Understanding Libya: The Role of Ethnic and Tribal Groups in Any Political Settlement
    • Syria’s Ethnic and Religious Divisions
    • Is the Map of the Middle East About to Change?
    • Nigeria’s Potential for Sectarian Conflict
    • Bolivia: Building Representative Institutions in a Divided Country
  • Categories

    • Capacity Building
    • Charts
    • Conflict and Security
    • Economic Development
    • Elections
    • Foreign aid
    • Fragile States
    • Governance
    • Identity
    • Investing
    • Maps
    • Policies
    • Politics
    • Poverty
    • Region
      • Africa
      • Central Asia
      • East Asia
      • Europe
      • Latin America
      • Middle East and North Africa
      • North America
      • South Asia
    • Religion
    • Review
    • Videos
  • Subjects

    Agriculture Arab Spring Assad Bahrain borders Brookings China cohesion corruption Côte d’Ivoire decentralization DFID DR Congo Ed Husain Egypt Elections elites Ethiopia fragile states Growth Horn of Africa Ideology inclusiveness institutions Kenya Libya Nigeria overseas development institute Pakistan political geography political settlement rebellion secession social divisions Somalia state building Syria Tanzania terrorism Uganda understanding context war West Africa World Bank Yemen
  • Blog Links

    • Africa is a Country
    • Africa Unchained
    • Aid Thoughts
    • Center for Global Development
    • Democracy in Africa
    • Ed Husain: The Arab Street
    • Elites, Production, and Poverty
    • Evan Lieberman
    • Fixing Fragile States
    • Foreign Policy — Eurasia Group
    • Freedom House
    • Global Dashboard
    • Kaufmann Governance Post
    • Next Billion
    • Overseas Development Institute
    • Owen Abroad
    • Oxfam’s From Poverty to Power
    • Poverty News
    • Texas in Africa
    • The Guardian's Poverty Matters
    • Word Bank — Governance
    • Zambian Economist
  • Institution Links

    • Africa Power and Politics
    • Brookings — Global Poverty
    • Center for Global Development
    • Centre for the Future State
    • Elites, Production, and Poverty
    • GSDRC: Fragile States
    • Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth
    • New York University — DRI
    • OECD – Conflict and Fragility
    • Overseas Development Institute
    • Religion and Development
    • SID — Netherlands
    • Tracking Development
    • United States Institute of Peace
  • About the Fragile States Resource Center

    The Fragile States Resource Center explores governance, development, and state building, bringing together authors who work on these issues in think tanks, government, academia, and the media. It was set up and is edited by Seth Kaplan. The Center encourages debate and feedback — through comments on recent posts or by email.
  • RSS Feed

    • RSS - Posts
  • Admin

    • Log in
    • Entries RSS
    • Comments RSS
    • WordPress.org
Proudly powered by WordPress · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.