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Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Labor Supply, Employment, and Unemployment in the Egyptian Economy, 1988- 2006 -- The Fall and Rise of Earnings and Inequality in Egypt: New Evidence from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2006...