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Growth alone won’t fix Egypt’s dire public finances

There are growing hopes that the gradual recovery in the Egyptian economy will help to bring the dire public finances on to a more sustainable path. But while we think this will have some impact, in the absence of tighter fiscal policy, the budget shortfall is likely to remain worryingly large.

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