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The latest on Egypt’s transition

The euphoria that accompanied Egypt’s January revolution has given way to the realities of the economic and political challenges facing the country. Overall, we think that the initial expectations of a rapid economic transformation were premature, and more importantly, from the same military regime that has governed the country since 1952.

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