Egypt Country Profile

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Country Profile Sources

General Information Sources

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• US Commercial Service: Doing Business in Egypt - A Country Commercial Guide 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Egypt 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Egypt Country Profile 2009.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt SME Survey Report: Business Environment for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Egypt and SMEs' Interaction with Government Agencies 2009.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt National Corruption Survey: Egyptian Citizens' Perceptions of Transparency and Corruption 2009.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Egypt 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• OECD African Economic Outlook: Egypt 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Egypt 2008
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• Ministry of State for Administrative Development, Transparency and Integrity Committee: Second Report: Action Priorities and its Mechanisms 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation 2008.
• Government of Arab Republic of Egypt and UNDP: Supporting the Ministry of Investment in Enhancing transparency and Fighting Corruption 2007.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2007.
• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Egypt 2007.
• Government of Sweden: Mänskliga rättigheter i Egypten - 2007 (in Swedish).
• US Commercial Service: Doing Business in Egypt - A Country Commercial Guide for US Companies 2007.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Egypt 2007.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2006.
• U4 Anti-Corruption Resources Centre: Anti-Corruption Reform in the Middle East.

Corruption Levels Sources

Judicial System

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom - Egypt 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Egypt Country Profile 2009.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Egypt 2009.
• The Carnegie Endowment: Egypt Country Profile 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Egypt 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Egypt 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• Human Rights Watch: Egypt: Military Courts Convict Opposition Leaders, 16 April 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• The Government of Sweden: Mänskliga rättigheter i Egypten - 2007 (in Swedish).

Police

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt National Corruption Survey: Egyptian Citizens' Perceptions of Transparency and Corruption 2009.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Egypt 2009.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• The Kefaya Movement: Corruption in Egypt...A dark cloud that does not vanish, 2006.

Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt SME Survey Report: Business Environment for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Egypt and SMEs' Interaction with Government Agencies 2009.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Ministry of State for Administrative Development, Transparency and Integrity Committee: Second Report: Action Priorities and its Mechanisms 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2007.
• Al-Ahram Weekly: 'Influencing Fate', issue no. 791, 20 - 26 April 2006.

Land Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Egypt 2010.
• Al-Shorfa: 'Former Egyptian Minister Faces Corruption Charges', 2 March 2010.
• Al-Ahram Weekly: 'Suleiman defends himself', Issue no. 986, 18-24 February 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Egypt Country Profile 2009.

Tax Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom - Egypt 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2007.

Customs Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• The Kefaya Movement: Corruption in Egypt...A dark cloud that does not vanish, 2006.

Public Procurement and Contracting

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• CIPE & Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies: Egypt SME Survey Report: Business Environment for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Egypt and SMEs' Interaction with Government Agencies 2009.
• Egypt News: 'Egypt Health Ministry bribery case postponed', 11 June 2009.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• The Guardian: 'Balfour Beatty agrees to pay £2.25m over allegations of bribery in Egypt 2008', 7 October 2008.
• Office of the United States Trade Representative: National Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers - Egypt 2007.
• Al-Ahram Weekly: 'Risky Business', issue no. 775, 29 December 2005 - 4 January 2006.

Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry

• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• Egypt Oil & Gas: 'The art of bribery: What not to do', July 2007 Issue.
• Al-Ahram Weekly: 'Agriculture Feels the Heat', Issue No. 623, 30 January - 5 February 2003.

Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• Business Today Egypt: Government in Your Pocket 2009.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Egypt 2008.
• Ministry of State for Administrative Development Transparency and Integrity Committee: Second Report: Action Priorities and its Mechanisms 2008.
• Government of Arab Republic of Egypt and UNDP: Supporting the Ministry of Investment in Enhancing transparency and Fighting Corruption 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007
• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Egypt 2007.
• Office of the United States Trade Representative: National Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers - Egypt 2007.
• UNDP: Programme on Governance in the Arab Region.

Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• Reporters Without Borders: Egypt Country Report 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Egypt 2009.
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009.
• Yemen Observer: 'Arabian Alliance for Combating Corruption announced in Sana'a', 27 January 2009.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Egypt 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Egypt 2008.
• Global Integrity: Egypt Country Report 2008.
• Ministry of State for Administrative Development Transparency and Integrity Committee: Second Report: Action Priorities and its Mechanisms 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Egypt 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Egypt 2008.
• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Egypt 2007.
• The Kefaya Movement: Corruption in Egypt...A dark cloud that does not vanish, 2006.
• UNDP: Programme on Governance in the Arab Region.