A 2019 Nexus Social Accounting Matrix for Egypt

Eman Serag, Fatma Ibrahim, Zainab El Araby, Mona Abd El Latif, Mahmoud El Sarawy, Dalia El Zaabalawy, Saad Allah El Dib, Kotb Salem, Clemens Breisinger () and Mariam Raouf

No 35, MENA working papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) is pleased to present an updated social accounting matrix (SAM) for Egypt. This SAM combines information from national datasets from many institutions, including the Central Bank, the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture, and various statistical bureaus. It also makes extensive use of data from the Economic Survey and Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIECS), which is produced by CAPMAS. With this data it becomes possible to provide a detailed update of the socioeconomic status of Egypt. The SAM also allows for more timely analysis of developmental issues and a better understanding the potential economic impacts of policy changes. The SAM is the main dataset used for economywide modelling of policy scenarios and simulations. Such modeling has proven to be a powerful evidence-based analytical tool for informing policy making and for assessing the impact of different policy interventions, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

Keywords: models; data; policies; agricultural products; commodities; households; activities; Egypt; Northern Africa; Africa; Middle East (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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