Inside Inequality in the Arab Republic of Egypt : Facts and Perceptions across People, Time, and Space

This book joins four papers prepared in the framework of the Egypt inequality study financed by the World Bank. The first paper prepared by Sherine Al-Shawarby reviews the studies on inequality in Egypt since the 1950s with the double objective of illustrating the importance attributed to inequality through time and of presenting and compare the main published statistics on inequality. To our knowledge, this is the first time that such a comprehensive review is carried. The second paper prepared by Branko Milanovic turns to the global and spatial dimensions of inequality. The objective here is to put Egypt inequality in the global context and better understand the origin and size of spatial inequalities within Egypt using different forms of measurement across regions and urban and rural areas. The Egyptian society remains deeply divided across space and in terms of welfare and this study unveils some of the hidden features of this inequality. The third paper prepared by Paolo Verme studies facts and perceptions of inequality during the period 2000-2009, the period that preceded the Egyptian revolution. The objective of this part is to provide some initial elements that could explain the apparent mismatch between inequality measured with household surveys and inequality aversion measured by values surveys. No such study has been carried out before in the Middle-East and North-Africa (MENA) region and this seemed a particular important and timely topic to address in the light of the unfolding developments in the Arab region. The fourth paper prepared by Sahar El Tawila, May Gadallah and Enas Ali A. El-Majeed assesses the state of poverty and inequality among the poorest villages of Egypt. The paper attempts to explain the level of inequality in an effort to disentangle those factors that derive from household abilities from those factors that

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Verme, Paolo
Other Persons:	Milanovic, Branko (contributor) ; Al-Shawarby, Sherine (contributor) ; Tawila, Sahar (contributor) ; Gadallah, May (contributor) ; World Bank, (contributor) ; El-Majeed, Enas Ali A (contributor)
Publisher:	Herndon : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Ägypten \| Egypt \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	1 online resource (146 pages)
Series:	A World Bank Study World Bank Studies
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Front Cover; Contents; Foreword by Francisco H. G. Ferreira; Foreword by Ahmed Galal; Foreword by Hartwig Schafer; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Historical Trends of Inequality; Tables; Table ES.1 Selected Inequality Measures, 1958/59-2008/09; Spatial Inequality; Figures; Figure ES.1 Egyptian Gini within the Global Distribution of Gini, 2008-09; Facts and Perceptions of Inequality; Figure ES.2 Distribution of Urban and Rural Gini Coefficients (by Governorate); Figure ES.3 GDP, HH Income and Expenditure Figure ES.4 Pro-inequality Opinions by Income Deciles, 2000 and 2008Poverty and Inequality in Egypt's Poorest Villages; Table ES.2 Cross-Classification of the Determinants of Inequality and Poverty Ordered within Cells According to Contribution to Inequality; Notes; References; Chapter 1 The Measurement of Inequality in the Arab Republic of Egypt: A Historical Survey; Introduction; The Changing Importance of Inequality in the Economic Literature; Measures and Data; Box; Box 1.1 Household Consumption Expenditure Data: Historical Review of Differences; Evolution of Inequality Table 1.1 Gini Coeffcient of Land Holdings and Ownerships, 1950-79Table 1.2 Decile Distribution of Landholdings in Egypt, 1950 and 1961; Table 1.3 Selected Summary Measures, 1958/59-2008/09; Table 1.4 Distribution of Annual Consumption Expenditure; Table 1.5 Summary of Studies on Wages; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2Spatial Inequality; Introduction; Egypt Inequality in the Global Context; Table 2.1 Income and Expenditure Ginis in Arab Countries (on Per Capita Basis); Figure 2.1 Egyptian Gini within Global Distribution of Ginis, 2008-09; Figure 2.2 Gini and GDP Per Capita, 2008-09 Figure 2.3 Egyptian Income Distribution Compared to that of Selected Countries and the WorldUrban-Rural Gap in Egypt in 2005; Table 2.2 Urban-rural Divide in Egypt (All Governorates); Figure 2.4 The Percentage Shares of Urban and Rural Populations in Ten Income Deciles; Table 2.3 Importance of the "Between" (Rural/Urban) Component in Overall Inequality; Figure 2.5 Urban-Rural Income Gap by Governorate; Table 2.4 Urban-Rural Divide in Egypt in Mixed Governorates, 2005; Interpersonal Inequality in Rural and Urban Areas; Figure 2.6 Urban-Rural Income Gap by Population Size of Governorate Figure 2.7 A Summary Look at Urban and Rural Income DistributionsFigure 2.8 Distribution of Urban and Rural Gini Coefficients (by Governorate); Table 2.5 Gini in Urban and Rural Areas (Governorates); Figure 2.9 Absence of Correlation between Urban and Rural Ginis in the Same Governorates; Evolution of Real Incomes and Inequality between 2005 and 2009; Figure 2.10 Gini in Urban and Rural Areas Against Average Incomes (with Dots Reflecting Population Sizes); Table 2.6 Real Per Capita Income, 2000-09; Table 2.7 Real Income Change between 2005 and 2009, by Governorate and Urban/Rural Area Table 2.8 Factors Associated with Real Income Decline between 2005 and 2009, by Governorate
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0199-0 ; 978-1-4648-0198-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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