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 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 en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:	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,
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11906
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