Value for money: Why and how Europeans should support the failing economies of Egypt and Tunisia

Summary

• The economies of Egypt and Tunisia are characterised by weak private sectors, insiderism, and the dominance of key constituencies that maintain regime leaders in power.
• The severe weaknesses of these economies have provoked recurrent crises and cause hardship for their populations, which threatens social and political instability as well as greater migration towards Europe.
• The EU wants to ensure that the financial assistance it…