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Egypt - Economic Governance and Energy Support Program Phases IIII- (EGESP I-III)
The program based operation (PBO) was designed to support Egypt during a critical period, where it was facing considerable macro-economic issues and structural challenges. Following the 2011 revolution, fiscal revenue, and foreign exchange earnings deteriorated, while expenditure rose disproportionately, causing inflation, budget deficit and sizable external imbalances and external reserve loss. The new government under President Sisi, first elected in May 2014, developed strategic plans centered on structural reform and investment promotion to raise growth and create jobs, and fiscal adjustment to bring the budget deficit and public debt under control. The plans also sought to tackle longstanding structural economic issues predating 2011, such as unsustainable high energy subsidies, a large public sector, unfavourable business enabling environment and low access to finance.

The African Development Bank is a regional multilateral development finance institution, established in 1963, with a mandate to further economic development and social progress of African countries, individually and collectively. 80 member countries including all the 54 African countries and 26 non-African countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia own the Bank.
Involves the production, transformation, transportation, and distribution of energy from renewable and non-renewable sources.
Includes initiatives that support macroeconomic stability, sound fiscal policy, and effective management of public financial resources.