Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports

This report investigates Egypt's regional economic growth, explores the causes for geographically unbalanced development, and proposes policy options to make unbalanced growth compatible with inclusive development. In Egypt, despite rapid prog...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Economic Updates and Modeling
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16514622/egypt-arab-republic-reshaping-egypts-economic-geography-domestic-integration-development-platform-vol-2-2-technical-background-reports
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCESS TO SANITATION
ACCESS TO SERVICES
ADOLESCENTS
ANTENATAL CARE
BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
BENCHMARK
BREASTFEEDING
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CHILD HEALTH
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
CONSUMPTION BASKET
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COUNTERFACTUAL
CREDIT MARKETS
CRIME
CYCLE OF POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISABILITIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISEASES
DISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS
DRINKING WATER
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY MEMBERS
FOOD SUBSIDIES
FORMAL EDUCATION
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
INCOME ACROSS REGIONS
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME POVERTY
INTERNAL MIGRATION
IRON
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LAGGING REGIONS
LARGE CITIES
LAWS
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS
MALNUTRITION
MARITAL STATUS
METROPOLITAN REGION
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PROJECT
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
NEWSLETTER
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PERSISTENT GAPS
PILOT PROJECTS
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
POLICY MAKERS
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR CHILDREN
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PARENTS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION SIZE
POTABLE WATER
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREGNANCY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
REGIONAL AVERAGES
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
REGIONAL CONVERGENCE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
REGIONAL GAPS
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LOCATION
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL POVERTY LINES
REGIONAL RANKING
REGIONAL SCIENCE
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REMOTE AREAS
RESPECT
RISING CONSUMPTION
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL GAP
RURAL GAPS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOME
RURAL RESIDENTS
RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT
RURAL WELFARE
SAFETY NET
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SIBLINGS
SMALL VILLAGES
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
SPATIAL DIFFERENCES
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
SPILLOVER
SUB-REGION
TARGETING
TARGETING MECHANISMS
TEEN
TEEN PREGNANCY
TRANSPORTATION
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBANIZATION
VACCINATION
VACCINES
VICIOUS CYCLE
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGES
WATER SOURCES
WEALTH
WEALTH GROUPS
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
WELFARE INDICATORS
WELLNESS
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCESS TO SANITATION
ACCESS TO SERVICES
ADOLESCENTS
ANTENATAL CARE
BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
BENCHMARK
BREASTFEEDING
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CHILD HEALTH
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
CONSUMPTION BASKET
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COUNTERFACTUAL
CREDIT MARKETS
CRIME
CYCLE OF POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISABILITIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISEASES
DISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS
DRINKING WATER
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY MEMBERS
FOOD SUBSIDIES
FORMAL EDUCATION
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
INCOME ACROSS REGIONS
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME POVERTY
INTERNAL MIGRATION
IRON
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LAGGING REGIONS
LARGE CITIES
LAWS
LEVEL OF POVERTY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS
MALNUTRITION
MARITAL STATUS
METROPOLITAN REGION
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PROJECT
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
NEWSLETTER
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PERSISTENT GAPS
PILOT PROJECTS
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
POLICY MAKERS
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR CHILDREN
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PARENTS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION SIZE
POTABLE WATER
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREGNANCY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
REGIONAL AVERAGES
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
REGIONAL CONVERGENCE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
REGIONAL GAPS
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LOCATION
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL POVERTY LINES
REGIONAL RANKING
REGIONAL SCIENCE
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REMOTE AREAS
RESPECT
RISING CONSUMPTION
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL GAP
RURAL GAPS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOME
RURAL RESIDENTS
RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT
RURAL WELFARE
SAFETY NET
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SIBLINGS
SMALL VILLAGES
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
SPATIAL DIFFERENCES
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
SPILLOVER
SUB-REGION
TARGETING
TARGETING MECHANISMS
TEEN
TEEN PREGNANCY
TRANSPORTATION
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBANIZATION
VACCINATION
VACCINES
VICIOUS CYCLE
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGES
WATER SOURCES
WEALTH
WEALTH GROUPS
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
WELFARE INDICATORS
WELLNESS
World Bank
Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Egypt, Arab Republic of
description This report investigates Egypt's regional economic growth, explores the causes for geographically unbalanced development, and proposes policy options to make unbalanced growth compatible with inclusive development. In Egypt, despite rapid progress in most welfare indicators in lagging regions, there are still substantial gaps in consumption and opportunities between growth poles and the rest of the country. This report's central proposal is adopting spatial integration as a development platform, in which the policy focus shifts from spreading out industrial location to spreading out access to basic public services and facilitating factor mobility, which will make growth more inclusive and development more balanced in Egypt. Egypt's new political environment provides an opportunity to examine this perennial problem from a new perspective. Adopting integration as a development platform is not simple because spatial disparities are spanned in three dimensions: urban/rural dichotomies, the upper Egypt/lower Egypt duality, and the differences between large metropolises and the rest of the country. This report first identifies the gaps in consumption and in opportunities, showing the stark contrasts between regions and how they evolve through time. It then explores the causes of the gaps, revealing a multiplicity of factors and exposing the complexity of the problem. Finally, the bulk of the report presents the policy options to address the integration challenges.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling
author World Bank
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author_sort World Bank
title Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports
title_short Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports
title_full Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports
title_fullStr Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports
title_full_unstemmed Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports
title_sort arab republic of egypt - reshaping egypt’s economic geography : domestic integration as a development platform, volume 2. technical background reports
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16514622/egypt-arab-republic-reshaping-egypts-economic-geography-domestic-integration-development-platform-vol-2-2-technical-background-reports
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spelling okr-10986-119062021-04-23T14:02:58Z Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt’s Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 2. Technical Background Reports World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ADOLESCENTS ANTENATAL CARE BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES BENCHMARK BREASTFEEDING CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CHILD HEALTH CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COUNTERFACTUAL CREDIT MARKETS CRIME CYCLE OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITIES DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENERGY SUBSIDIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTERNALITIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY MEMBERS FOOD SUBSIDIES FORMAL EDUCATION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME ACROSS REGIONS INCOME GROUPS INCOME POVERTY INTERNAL MIGRATION IRON LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAGGING REGIONS LARGE CITIES LAWS LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS MALNUTRITION MARITAL STATUS METROPOLITAN REGION MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PROJECT NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEWSLETTER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PERSISTENT GAPS PILOT PROJECTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY MAKERS POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PARENTS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION SIZE POTABLE WATER POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE REGIONAL ANALYSIS REGIONAL AVERAGES REGIONAL BREAKDOWN REGIONAL CONVERGENCE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL GAPS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LOCATION REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL POVERTY LINE REGIONAL POVERTY LINES REGIONAL RANKING REGIONAL SCIENCE REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES REMOTE AREAS RESPECT RISING CONSUMPTION RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL GAP RURAL GAPS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT RURAL WELFARE SAFETY NET SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SIBLINGS SMALL VILLAGES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPATIAL DIFFERENCES SPATIAL INEQUALITY SPILLOVER SUB-REGION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBANIZATION VACCINATION VACCINES VICIOUS CYCLE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGES WATER SOURCES WEALTH WEALTH GROUPS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE INDICATORS WELLNESS This report investigates Egypt's regional economic growth, explores the causes for geographically unbalanced development, and proposes policy options to make unbalanced growth compatible with inclusive development. In Egypt, despite rapid progress in most welfare indicators in lagging regions, there are still substantial gaps in consumption and opportunities between growth poles and the rest of the country. This report's central proposal is adopting spatial integration as a development platform, in which the policy focus shifts from spreading out industrial location to spreading out access to basic public services and facilitating factor mobility, which will make growth more inclusive and development more balanced in Egypt. Egypt's new political environment provides an opportunity to examine this perennial problem from a new perspective. Adopting integration as a development platform is not simple because spatial disparities are spanned in three dimensions: urban/rural dichotomies, the upper Egypt/lower Egypt duality, and the differences between large metropolises and the rest of the country. This report first identifies the gaps in consumption and in opportunities, showing the stark contrasts between regions and how they evolve through time. It then explores the causes of the gaps, revealing a multiplicity of factors and exposing the complexity of the problem. Finally, the bulk of the report presents the policy options to address the integration challenges. 2012-12-05T20:21:22Z 2012-12-05T20:21:22Z 2012-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16514622/egypt-arab-republic-reshaping-egypts-economic-geography-domestic-integration-development-platform-vol-2-2-technical-background-reports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11906 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of