Supporters of the Egyptian regime have viewed economic recovery as the single most important precondition for power consolidation in Egypt. International financial institutions and the regime’s Gulf allies all agree that economic recovery is key to social stabilization and political consolidation.
For the regime and its local and regional allies, a recovery would prove that Sisi and his government were able to deliver necessary reforms. Higher growth rates and more jobs would lead to better standards of living—and block a return to social unrest and the resurgence of protest.
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