ABSTRACT
The overall view of agrarian reform policies in Egypt seems to conform to what contemporary and classical planners recommend for the rural sector. Agrarian reform in Egypt sought to achieve the goals with considerable effectiveness by land distribution, regulating tenancy, land reclamation, creating work opportunities. The question of rural over population is a serious question that would be better dealt with as a separate problem, if the discussion is to yield fruitful results. The fact that there were pockets of resistance and illicit dealings during the Nasser period has been underlined by the Committee formed by the regime in 1965 to deal with infraction of the law. The first order of business was to cope with the structural problems of local institutions such as municipal government and cooperative societies to offset the effects of neglect by the national government. The measures to reorganize these institutions reflect to a great degree the orientation of the Sadat regime.
