The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is publishing the translation of its report on the status of Egypt's external debt, originally publi
Files: National Budget
Position paper
Today, Sunday 5 October, EIPR publishes its new report in the "Eye on Debt" series, which analyses the Fourth Review of Egypt’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme.
5 Oct 2025
Introduction
After a delay of about five months, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fourth review of the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Egypt, which Egypt signed in late 2022.
We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, are writing to provide input ahead of the negotiations on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the EU’s €4 billion Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) packag
The International Day of Education is marked on January 24 every year. The Egyptian constitution recognizes education as one of the fundamental human rights.
26 Oct 2024
More inflation…more pain inflicted on the people of Egypt
After a downward trend in previous months, Egypt's inflation rates rose again in August and September. The rise was driven by the government's continued implementation of the IMF program's measures, most notably the hike in energy and electricity prices.
17 Oct 2024
The government is seeking to fully transition from a commodity subsidising system to a cash subsidy system and tasked the “National Dialogue” with discussing the transition with civil society to develop a clear plan for the state and the government on how to implement this transition ‘if it proves feasible,’ as Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has said.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) published a position paper entitled "A full shift to cash subsidy would increase poverty and threaten food security", contributing to the discussion called for by the government around its prop
