The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released an analytical paper titled "The 2025-2026 Budget: Egypt in the Grip of Debts", providing an analysis of the public budget of the fiscal year that began in early July.
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The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released today an analytical paper entitled "2024/2025: A Budget for Interest on Debt... Austerity for us, profits for creditors".
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This report was prepared by Mohamed Ramadan, researcher at the Economic and Social Justice Unit of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), and edited by Wael Gamal, director of the unit.
I. Introduction
