A STUDY OF THE MAJOR CONSTRAINTS ON EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH DURING THE PERIOD 1998-2008: A COMPARISON WITH MALAYSIA

This paper attempts to identify the major constraints on the Egyptian economic growth performance during the period 1998-2008, in comparison with those of the Malaysian experience. The paper compares with Malaysia since it is one of the successful emerging markets which share certain characteristics with Egypt including Islamic traditions; both countries are middle-income countries which began liberal economic reform policies during the same period of time