Competitiveness and Private Sector Development: Egypt 2010
Business Climate Development Strategy
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The OECD assessment is the first phase of a Business Climate Development Strategy (BCDS) which identifies policy priorities and proposes specific reforms and actions to enable Egypt to achieve measurable improvements in its business climate. One key finding is that Egypt’s investment and trade policy reforms have moved the country’s business climate closer to best practice in OECD economies. However, the report notes that to attract further private investment, Egypt needs to improve the country’s anti-corruption measures, skills development, infrastructure and access to finance, especially for the country's small-and-medium sized enterprises. BCDS Egypt offers specific recommendations on how policies, institutions and regulations can be improved to increase predictability for investors and make Egypt a prime investment destination.
This review was carried out as part of the wider MENA-OECD Investment Programme. It uses a new BCDS methodology that evaluates the business climate in 12 policy areas and draws on core OECD instruments, such as the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), which have been successfully applied in other countries. By helping countries prioritise their actions and build consensus among stakeholders, the BCDS process supports the successful implementation of reforms to develop the private sector in the MENA region.
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Acknowledgements
This publication, “A Business Climate Development Strategy (BCDS) for the Arab Republic of Egypt – Making Private Sector Reform Succeed”, is a collaborative effort of the MENAOECD Investment Programme and the European Union Delegation in Cairo, led by the Egyptian Ministry for Investment. The MENA-OECD Investment Programme Steering Group mandated the Programme to conduct BCDS assessments of partnering countries during its 2007 Ministerial meeting in Cairo. The MENA-OECD Investment Programme would like to thank the Egyptian Minister for Investment, His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, for his strong support during the length of this project.
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