First published in 1986, Agrarian Change in Egypt based on extensive original research as well as field survey of eighteen villages, analyses and explains the changes in the agricultural sector in Egypt. It shows how various policies and other factors have affected agricultural output and how developments triggered by the ‘open door policy’ such as inflation, migration, and the shift in the pricing system have affected agriculture. The Egyptian experience is fairly typical of agrarian change in many parts of the developing world where government reforms in the 1960s and 1970s tried to combine considerations of efficiency and equity but ended up with stagnation. The Egyptian case therefore provides a good example of the general crisis in agriculture in the developing world. This book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of agricultural economy, development studies and political economy.
Author(s): Samir Radwan, Eddy Lee
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 180
City: London
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
1: Introduction
Notes
2: Background and Methodology
Introduction
The Evolution of Egypt’s Agrarian System: A Brief Historical Background
The Agrarian Question in the 1970s
Methodology
Appendix: Sampling Procedure, Concepts and Definitions
Notes
3: The Generation and Distribution of Income
Sources of Income
Source of Income by Income Group
The Size-Distribution of Income
Notes
4: The Structure of Asset Ownership
Characteristics of Various Categories of Asset-Owning Households
Land and Income
Tenancy
Land Movements
Farm Production
5: Poverty, Consumption and Basic Needs
The Nature and Extent of Rural Poverty
Profile of Poverty in Rural Egypt
Appendix: Basic Needs in an Egyptian Village: The Case of Kamalia
Notes
6: Employment and the Labour Market
Introduction
Features of the Rural Labour Market
Rural Wages
Education
Concluding Remarks
Notes
7: Efficiency and Equity in the 1980s
Performance Indicators
Factors Affecting Agricultural Performance
Elements of the Agrarian Question
Some Concluding Remarks
Notes
Index
