EGIPSKIE SUBSYDIA ŻYWNOŚCIOWE – WYMIAR SPOŁECZNY I POLITYCZNY

• Authors: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska

Title variants

EN

EGYPT’S FOOD SUBSIDIES – SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Na początku 2011 r. świat arabski ogarnęły dynamiczne przemiany polityczno-społeczne, określane zbiorczo jako Arabska Wiosna Ludów. W Egipcie, jednym z państw, w którym stosunkowo szybko doszło do obalenia prezydenta, Arabska Wiosna bardzo silnie odbiła się na gospodarce, sprawiając, że kraj od przynajmniej kilku miesięcy znajduje się na skraju bankructwa. Jednym z elementów, które wymagają najpilniejszej zmiany, jest system subsydiów. Stanowi on z jednej strony znaczne obciążenie dla budżetu państwa, a z drugiej podstawę kruchego ładu społecznego, który i tak w ostatnich miesiącach został wystawiony na próbę. Artykuł omawia egipski system subsydiów, jego historię, strukturę i efektywność, a także przyszłość w porewolucyjnym Egipcie.

EN

Early 2011 brought to the Arab world dynamic socio-political changes referred to as the Arab Spring. In the case of Egypt, a country that relatively quickly got rid of its president, the Arab Spring made a tremendous impact on the economy, so that the country has been for at least several months at the edge of bankruptcy. One of the elements that need to be reformed most urgently is the system of subsidies. On one side it is a huge burden for the state, but on the other hand constitutes a foundation of a fragile social order, which has been challenger anyway in recent months. The article analyses the subsidy system of Egypt, its history, structure and effectiveness, as well as future in the post-revolutionary Egypt.

Keywords

PL

Egipt; subsydia; żywność; Arabska Wiosna Ludów

EN

Egypt; subsidies; food; Arab Spring

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1(490)
• Pages: 31-36

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska

• Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

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