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The political economy of reforms in Egypt: issues and policymaking since 1952

The political economy of reforms in Egypt: issues and policymaking since 1952 REPS Book review 4,2 The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking since 1952 by Khalid Ikram The American University in Cairo Press 113 Sharia Kasr el Aini, Cairo, Egypt 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018 9 October 2018 428 p. ISBN 9789774167942 Review DOI 10.1108/REPS-04-2019-045 Review by: Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University This book is an outstanding work on several fronts. It is not only a book on political economy of reforms in Egypt, rather it is the only book available that has tackled economic reforms in a comprehensive manner. The author is not only stating facts and analyzing them in a prudent professional manner but also revealing insights, for the first time to be put forward, on the politicians’ opinions and decisions. The effort put into such book is conspicuous and the author is the sole person who has been able to write it down, building on the comparative advantage he enjoyed from his former position in the World Bank responsible for Egypt’soffice, and using his expertise as an renowned economist to explain economic problems from a neutral professional perspective, while providing the political economy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Economics and Political Science Emerald Publishing

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REPS Book review 4,2 The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking since 1952 by Khalid Ikram The American University in Cairo Press 113 Sharia Kasr el Aini, Cairo, Egypt 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018 9 October 2018 428 p. ISBN 9789774167942 Review DOI 10.1108/REPS-04-2019-045 Review by: Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University This book is an outstanding work on several fronts. It is not only a book on political economy of reforms in Egypt, rather it is the only book available that has tackled economic reforms in a comprehensive manner. The author is not only stating facts and analyzing them in a prudent professional manner but also revealing insights, for the first time to be put forward, on the politicians’ opinions and decisions. The effort put into such book is conspicuous and the author is the sole person who has been able to write it down, building on the comparative advantage he enjoyed from his former position in the World Bank responsible for Egypt’soffice, and using his expertise as an renowned economist to explain economic problems from a neutral professional perspective, while providing the political economy

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Review of Economics and Political Science – Emerald Publishing

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