Reham Rizk is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the British University in Egypt. She is a member of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) and regularly contributes to debates and workshops in the MENA region on Governance and inequality. She currently, teaches Macroeconomics and Research Methods and manages the e-learning platform for students in the Department. A version of the current paper was presented at the Middle East Economic Association annual conference in Barcelona and Ms. Rizk is currently working on a number of research avenues which have been identified from the current paper.