ABSTRACT

This book examines the character and consequences of Egypt's economic reform and structural adjustment programme of 1991, along with the second stage of reforms in 1996. It contributes to the debates underpinning the political economy of economic reform and agricultural reform.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction and Argument

chapter 2|20 pages

The Origins of Egypt's Economic Crisis

chapter 3|34 pages

Economic Reforms and Egyptian Agriculture

chapter 4|31 pages

Agricultural Modernisation and the Egyptian Countryside

A Critique of Structural Adjustment

chapter 5|39 pages

Views from the Village

chapter 6|25 pages

Egypt at a Turning Point