Agrarian Change in Egypt

An Anatomy of Rural Poverty

Samir Radwan, Eddy Lee

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032322148
• eBook ISBN: 9781000648669
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Development Economics
• Index: Social Sciences

First published in 1986, Agrarian Change in Egypt based on extensive original research as well as field survey of eighteen villages, analyses and explains the changes in the agricultural sector in Egypt. It shows how various policies and other factors have affected agricultural output and how developments triggered by the 'open door policy' such as inflation, migration, and the shift in the pricing system have affected agriculture. The Egyptian experience is fairly typical of agrarian change in many parts of the developing world where government reforms in the 1960s and 1970s tried to combine considerations of efficiency and equity but ended up with stagnation. The Egyptian case therefore provides a good example of the general crisis in agriculture in the developing world. This book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of agricultural economy, development studies and political economy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background and Methodology
• 3. The Generation and Distribution of Income
• 4. The Structure of Asset Ownership
• 5. Poverty, Consumption and Basic Needs
• 6. Employment and the Labour Market
• 7. Efficiency and Equity in the 1980s
• Index