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PublisherElgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward

ISBN-101840646209

ISBN-139781840646207

eBay Product ID (ePID)1887946

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameStabilization and Adjustment in Egypt : Reform or De-Industrialzation

SubjectStructural Adjustment, Development / General, Development / Economic Development, Economic Conditions, Economics / General

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

AuthorJeudah Abd Al-Khealiq, Gouda Abdel-Khalek

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-069502

Reviews'Professor Abdel-Khalek, an Egyptian economist with numerous high-quality publications to his credit, gives another example of fine scholarship with this volume . . . the book . . . deserves high marks. The author has done an excellent job pointing out the shortcomings of using monetary policies alone to achieve multiple targets . . . Abdel-Khalek's work should set the standard for current research.'

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal339.962

Table Of ContentContents: Foreword by Ibrahim Shihata Introduction 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 Effects of ERSAP: 1. The Aluminium Industry 6. The Microeconomic Effects of ERSAP: 2. The Iron and Steel Industry 7. ERSAP and Industrialization: Concluding Remarks Annexes Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis book studies the impact of Egypt's Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Programme (ERSAP), the effects of which have been of great interest to the international community. Organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF uphold the programme as a success story and example for other countries to follow. ERSAP also has its critics, however, who resent its tendency to downsize government and fear possible negative effects on growth and development. The author discusses these concerns along with those regarding the possible negative social effects of ERSAP. This vital and timely study analyses the impact of ERSAP at two distinct levels - macro- and microeconomic. At the macro level the effects of ERSAP on variables including interest and exchange rates, domestic public debt, trade balance, budget deficit and inflation are considered. At the micro level two industrial case studies are considered in detail: the aluminium industry, and the iron and steel industry. Both are energy intensive industries affected specifically by ERSAP's policy of raising energy prices towards parity with world prices. They are also usually considered essential to any serious industrialization process. This book will interest and inform practitioners, policymakers and scholars of economics, industrial economics, development economics and development studies., This work studies the impact of Egypt's Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Programme (ERSAP), the effects of which have been of great interest to the international community. Organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF uphold the programme as a success story and example for other countries to follow. ERSAP also has its critics, however, who resent its tendency to downsize government and fear possible negative effects on growth and development. The author discusses these concerns along with those regarding the possible negative social effects of ERSAP.

LC Classification NumberHC830.A5254 2001