’s economic empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia and seeks to identify success factors that have helped anchor reform …

Egypt is lagging behind other countries in the Mediterranean region in reforming its economy. This book explains why … powerful interest groups was inherently resistant to reform. In addition, the country's strategic position in Middle Eastern … wellbeing. Egypt has thus been protected from the pressure of the international market system. Yet, argues this study, such …

This book studies the impact of Egypt's Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Programme (ERSAP), the effects of …1. Stabilization experience before the 1990s -- 2. Economic 'reform' in the 1990s -- 3. The macroeconomic effects of … ERSAP : structural reform or Dutch. disease? -- 4. The main features of the manufacturing sector -- 5. The microeconomic …

East and North Africa-Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. They highlight various channels through which public infrastructure may … public infrastructure has both "flow" and "stock" effects on private investment in Egypt, but only a "stock" effect in Jordan … and Tunisia. But these effects are small and short-lived, reflecting the unfavorable environment for private investment in …