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Egypt’s manufacturing sector faces a dual challenge of weak job creation and persistent informality. Drawing on survey evidence on business behaviour and labour market dynamics, this column explains why job creation is limited and informal work remains such an integral part of how firms organise production. The generation of more formal jobs requires a comprehensive policy approach, one that goes beyond enforcement of labour regulations to reshape the economic environment in which firms and workers make decisions.

In a nutshell

Informality in the labour market reflects incentives on both sides: firms benefit from lower costs and flexibility, while workers may prefer higher take-home pay or they may perceive limited benefits from formal employment.

Policies to create formal jobs that are focused solely on enforcement may backfire by raising hiring costs; effective reform requires reducing the cost of formality -including through simpler tax procedures and more proportionate labour costs - while increasing its benefits.

Addressing informality requires targeting informal employment within formal firms, aligning labour market and industrial policies, and adapting social protection and contribution systems to non-standard work arrangements.

Standfirst para:

Egypt’s manufacturing sector faces a dual challenge of weak job creation and persistent informality. Drawing on survey evidence on business behaviour and labour market dynamics, this column explains why job creation is limited and informal work remains such an integral part of how firms organise production. The generation of more formal jobs requires a comprehensive policy approach, one that goes beyond enforcement of labour regulations to reshape the economic environment in which firms and workers make decisions.

In a nutshell

Informality in the labour market reflects incentives on both sides: firms benefit from lower costs and flexibility, while workers may prefer higher take-home pay or they may perceive limited benefits from formal employment.

Policies to create formal jobs that are focused solely on enforcement may backfire by raising hiring costs; effective reform requires reducing the cost of formality -including through simpler tax procedures and more proportionate labour costs - while increasing its benefits.

Addressing informality requires targeting informal employment within formal firms, aligning labour market and industrial policies, and adapting social protection and contribution systems to non-standard work arrangements.

Standfirst para:

Egypt’s manufacturing sector faces a dual challenge of weak job creation and persistent informality. Drawing on survey evidence on business behaviour and labour market dynamics, this column explains why job creation is limited and informal work remains such an integral part of how firms organise production. The generation of more formal jobs requires a comprehensive policy approach, one that goes beyond enforcement of labour regulations to reshape the economic environment in which firms and workers make decisions.

In a nutshell

Informality in the labour market reflects incentives on both sides: firms benefit from lower costs and flexibility, while workers may prefer higher take-home pay or they may perceive limited benefits from formal employment.

Policies to create formal jobs that are focused solely on enforcement may backfire by raising hiring costs; effective reform requires reducing the cost of formality -including through simpler tax procedures and more proportionate labour costs - while increasing its benefits.

Addressing informality requires targeting informal employment within formal firms, aligning labour market and industrial policies, and adapting social protection and contribution systems to non-standard work arrangements.

L’Association africaine de défense des droits de l’homme (ASADHO) dénonce une « justice à deux vitesses » après la publication, lundi 11 mai, par le ministère de la Justice, d’un communiqué sur les insultes et attaques verbales visant le président de la République. Une sortie qui continue de susciter des réactions dans l’opinion publique en RDC.

DÉCRYPTAGE - Alors que son second quinquennat doit se terminer le soir du 13 mai 2027, le président tente déjà de valoriser son bilan malgré son impopularité.

Des frappes russes en Ukraine ont fait au moins un mort dans la nuit de lundi à mardi 12 mai. Ces attaques ont été lancées au moment où expirait une trêve de trois jours que Moscou et Kiev se sont mutuellement accusés d’avoir violée. 

Les mesures de l'accord visent à soutenir la compétitivité et à améliorer la disponibilité et l’approvisionnement en médicaments critiques dans l’UE.
Commission de la santé publique

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L'organisation Reporters sans frontières (RSF) a fait savoir mardi que le journaliste français Christophe Gleizes, détenu depuis près d'un an en Algérie, avait reçu la veille sa première visite consulaire. 

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RÉCIT - Diverses initiatives fleurissent chez les fidèles du président pour faire vivre la flamme, mais aussi contrer la captation du parti Renaissance par Gabriel Attal.

REPORTAGE - Le chef d’Horizons a attaqué les « changements de pied » du parti lepéniste et dévoilé son dispositif de campagne.

Au deuxième jour du sommet "Africa Forward", les dirigeants africains ont plaidé mardi pour faciliter l'accès au crédit des pays du continent. Une mesure soutenue par Emmanuel Macron, qui a promis d'appuyer cette proposition lors du prochain G7, à Évian, en juin.

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