The Economics and Politics of Transition to an Open Market Economy
Subtitle: Egypt
By: Dieter Weiss and Ulrich Wurzel
Contributors: Wurzel, Ulrich
Series: Development Centre studies; Development Centre Studies
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9789264163607
Subjects: Development
Description: Egypt is lagging behind other countries in the Mediterranean region in reforming its economy. This book explains why. The authors contend that the Egyptian political system, based to a large extent on discrete patronage and dominated by powerful interest groups was inherently resistant to reform. In addition, the country's strategic position in Middle Eastern politics provided the environment for aid flows which mitigated the need for change by creating an illusion of economic wellbeing. Egypt has thus been protected from the pressure of the international market system. Yet, argues this study, such pressure is the only effective stimulus to fundamental reform.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. Pre-Reform Conditions; title: Chapter 2. Initiation of Reform; title: Chapter 3. The Missing Dynamics of Reform; title: Chapter 4. Chronology of the Politics of Macroeconomic Reform; title: Chapter 5. Politics and Microeconomics of Reform; title: Chapter 6. The Weakness of Civil Society; title: Chapter 7. International Actors Supporting Reform; title: Chapter 8. The Role of Ideology; title: Chapter 9. Institutions and Rules of Conflict Resolution; title: Chapter 10. Random Influences on the Reform Process; title: Chapter 11. Egypt's Reform Impasse; title: Chapter 12. General Conclusions; title: Annex Tables; title: Bibliography