Informalizing public welfare : the role of Egypt's social fund for development; final technical report
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2007
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University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA
Abstract
The dissertation analyses the driving dynamics behind structural changes in Egypt’s welfare regime. Changes to the state’s welfare regime typically recast relations between the state, the market, and civil society. The research examines a contradictory unfolding of neoliberalism by specifically exploring the driving dynamics behind the authoritarian state’s adoption of a welfare policy focused on aggressively promoting the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, despite largely maintaining its hold over the post-reform market and political arenas. Neopatrimonial strategies by political elites may re-assert state power in combination with societal interests.
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SOCIAL WELFARE, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, POLICY MAKING, SOCIAL REFORM, EGYPT, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, CORRUPTION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NORTH OF SAHARA, NEOLIBERALISM, CIVIL SOCIETY, DONOR PRACTICES