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The government, Ezzeldeen says, is cognizant of the importance of incorporating the informal economy and the issues that come with an informal economy as large as Egypt\u2019s: \u201cIts very size distorts GDP and therefore policy making for the whole economy. Unregulated goods and services rarely comply with health and safety codes and legal redress for faulty goods or poor service is impossible to obtain.\u201d There are also key policies being put in place that reflect state-led efforts to go digital as part of the push to incorporate the informal economy, including the availability of electronic tax return filing and the draft SME taxation framework.<\/p>\n<p>That said, <b>the prevalence of cash payments and cultural issues such as the institutionalization of corruption threaten to undermine the government\u2019s digitalization drive<\/b>, Ezzeldeen argues. 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