“Sector-led improvement is gaining momentum. Councils are investing in political leadership; finding new ways of engaging local people and communities; inviting challenge from peers; sharing good practice and utilizing comparative data as a driver for improvement.” Councilor Peter Fleming, Chairman of the LGA Improvement Board
As the world was reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, 3 years later Egypt became engulfed in regional turmoil as well, since the Arab Spring came to its land as well.
Performance reporting in public institutions is not an innovation anymore, but rather a great method through which these entities promote efficiency and at the same time, responsibility towards the general public.
Ever since the art of 5-year planning has been perfected, governments around the world have rallied around this concept and decided to make it a staple feature of any administrative reign going into their residency, seeing as most governmental systems around the world allow them to stay in power for around 4-5 years.
Located at a point of convergence of three continents, Africa, Asia and Europe, the Arab Republic of Egypt, has experienced a consistent economic growth since the early 1990s, such growth was temporarily interrupted during the 2011-2012 Egyptian Spring Revolution, but soon recovered during the following fiscal years, reaching momentum during the fiscal year 2017-2018, experiencing the highest economic growth rate in 10 years, at 5.3%.