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1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART 1 AGRICULTURAL LABOR MARKETS IN EGYPT -- 2 Labor Shortages in Egyptian Agriculture -- 3 Livestock and Small Farmer Labor Supply -- 4 Tarahil Laborers in Egypt -- PART 2 EMIGRATION AND RURAL EGYPT -- 5 Who is Migrating Where? An Overview of International Labor Migration in the Arab World -- 6 The Demand for Egyptian Labor Abroad -- 7 Socio-Economic Impact of Emigration from a Giza Village -- PART 3 MECHANIZATION: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES -- 8 Mechanization Decisions in Egyptian Agriculture -- 9 The Social Impact of Mechanization -- 10 Public Policy and the Demand for Mechanization in Egyptian Agriculture -- PART 4 POLICY PERSPECTIVES -- 11 Agricultural Prices, Farm Mechanization, and the Demand for Labor -- 12 Wages, Prices, and Farm Mechanization in Egypt: The Need for an Integrated Policy -- 13 Mechanical Technology in Egyptian, Indian, and Pakistani Agriculture: An Induced Innovation Perspective -- About the Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
After a long period of stability, Egypt's agricultural sector experienced sudden change due to the 1973 oil price increases and Anwar Sadat's Open Door economic policies. Workers left rural Egypt for the cities and high-wage jobs in the oil-exporting countries. The resulting labor shortage and rising real wages in agriculture coincided with a |
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Agricultural laborers -- Egypt
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Migrant agricultural laborers -- Egypt
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Rural-urban migration -- Egypt
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Rural population -- Egypt
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Farm mechanization -- Egypt
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Agricultural innovations -- Egypt
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Agricultural innovations
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Agricultural laborers
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Farm mechanization
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Migrant agricultural laborers
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Rural conditions
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Rural population
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Rural-urban migration
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Rural conditions
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429696435 |
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0429696434 |
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9780429047107 |
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042904710X |
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9780429736452 |
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0429736452 |
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9780429716447 |
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0429716443 |
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