Arab Republic of Egypt - Reshaping Egypt's Economic Geography : Domestic Integration as a Development Platform, Volume 1

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY INDICES, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AIR, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ALLOCATIONS ACROSS REGIONS, ANTENATAL CARE, BABIES, BASIC EDUCATION, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAR, CARIBBEAN REGION, CARS, CITIZENS, CLEAN WATER, CONGESTION, CONGESTION COST, CONGESTION COSTS, CONSUMPTION BASKET, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, COST OF TRANSPORT, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CREDIT MARKETS, DEMAND FOR ROAD TRAVEL, DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DRIVING, EARLY CHILDHOOD, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EFFECT OF CONGESTION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, EXTERNALITIES, EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD PRODUCTION, GASOLINE, GASOLINE PRICE, GASOLINE TAXES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HIGH TRANSPORT, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HOUSING ALTERNATIVES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLEGAL PARKING, ILLITERACY, ILLITERACY RATE, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, INEQUALITY, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INSPECTION, INTERNAL MIGRATION, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LAGGING REGIONS, LAND ASSETS, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND RECLAMATION, LAND SCARCITY, LAND TITLING, LAND USE, LANDHOLDINGS, LARGE CITIES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCAL ROADS, MARITAL STATUS, MASS TRANSIT, METROPOLITAN REGION, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MIGRATION FLOWS, MILEAGE, MOBILITY, MODAL SHIFT, MORTALITY, MOTHER, NATAL CARE, NATIONAL LEVEL, NUMBER OF ADULTS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NUTRITION, ODOMETER, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, PATRONAGE, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLLUTION, POOR FAMILIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR PERSON, POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION SIZE, POSTNATAL CARE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRENATAL CARE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PROGRESS, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RATE OF GROWTH, RATES OF GROWTH, REGIONAL ALLOCATION, REGIONAL COMPARISON, REGIONAL CONTEXT, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, REGIONAL DIMENSION, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL DISPARITY, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION, REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, REGIONAL FACTORS, REGIONAL GAPS, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, REGIONAL LOCATION, REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, REMOTE LOCATIONS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, RING ROAD, RISING CONSUMPTION, ROAD, ROAD CONGESTION, ROAD DESIGN, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD QUALITY, ROADS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL FAMILIES, RURAL GAP, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL WELFARE, SANITATION, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, SERVICE PROVISION, SMALL FARMER, SMALL FARMERS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL STRATEGIES, SPILLOVER, SUBSISTENCE, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TAX, TEACHER RATIO, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRAVEL TIME, TRAVEL TIMES, TRIPS, TRUE, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, UPPER INCOME GROUPS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN MIGRATION, URBAN WOMEN, URBANIZATION, VACCINES, VEHICLE, VICIOUS CYCLE, WEALTH, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE MEASURES, WORKER PRODUCTIVITY, WORKING-AGE POPULATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16514619/egypt-arab-republic-reshaping-egypts-economic-geography-domestic-integration-development-platform-vol-1-2-main-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11903
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