Egypt in the Twenty First Century: Challenges for Development

Over the past twenty years, Egypt has been a testing ground for extensive IMF instructed economic reform and restructuring. This book examines the existing and potential consequences of these experiments. This book focuses on three major issues: *Overpopulation associated with low productivity, unemployment, persistent poverty and weak savings and investment capacity. *The post-1950 development strategies and their outcomes *The institutional structures that are constraining economic and political progress. Egypt in the Twenty-First Century is a much needed investigation into the long-term economic reform and restructuring and examines the challenges ahead for the country. It provides authoritative analysis from a collection of respected academics and a wealth of new data. It will appeal to all those interested in the political economy of contemporary Egypt.