Rural Development Policies in Egypt

Soliman, Ibrahim and Gaber, Mohamed (2010): Rural Development Policies in Egypt. Published in: THE SUSTAINMED ROJECT, Sustainable agri-food systems and rural development in the Mediterranean Partner Countries EUROPEAN UNION SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAM Project FP7 SUSTAINMED No. SUSTAINMED Working paper No. 02 V2 (2) 10/102010 (19 October 2010): pp. 1-15.

Abstract

The study classified the Rural Development programs in Egypt into four eras the era of rural reform policies before 1973, The era of rural development policies associated with liberalization of the Egyptian Economy (1973-1993) and included the establishing of “the Village Development and Building up Device” The era of establishing the national project “SHROOK (Sun Raise)” (1993-2007), The current era (from 2008- till now) which includes mainly the national program for targeting Poorest 1000 villages. The study, also, provided a profile of the EU’s (CAP), which provided lessons to be learned from the multidimensional compliance and the effective Implementation Of conditional income support. The caudal section provided the recommended dimensions and mechanisms for the strategy of rural development

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Targeting Needy Shorn Poor Villages, CAP, Conditional income support targeted groups
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General > Q01 - Sustainable Development; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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