Biographical note: Paul Dorosh is director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute and led IFPRI's Ethiopia Strategy Support Program in Addis Ababa from 2009 to 2011. Shahidur Rashid is a senior research fellow in the Markets,...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II. LANDHOLDING IN EGYPT BEFORE THE FRENCH OCCUPATION -- CHAPTER III. CHANGES IN EGYPTIAN LAND TENURE: 1798-1815 -- CHAPTER IV. MUHAMMAD 'ALI AND LANDHOLDING REFORM AFTER 1815 -- CHAPTER V. ADMINISTRATION OF EGYPT...