The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview

In order to complement the ongoing macroeconomic and safety net reforms in Egypt, it is important to foster additional sector-specific economic growth, especially in sectors that are good at creating jobs and reducing poverty. One sector that may help foster socioeconomic development in coming years...

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Main Authors: El-Enbaby, Hoda, Figueroa, Jose Luis, ElDidi, Hagar, Breisinger, Clemens
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148485
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Figueroa, Jose Luis
ElDidi, Hagar
Breisinger, Clemens
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description In order to complement the ongoing macroeconomic and safety net reforms in Egypt, it is important to foster additional sector-specific economic growth, especially in sectors that are good at creating jobs and reducing poverty. One sector that may help foster socioeconomic development in coming years is agriculture and related agro-processing industries. This paper shows that agriculture in Egypt continues to play a relatively important role in the economy compared to other mid-dle income countries. The sector’s stable growth performance has proved to be a reliable contributor to economy-wide output growth over the past decades. The underlying productivity gains have prevented the country’s food import depend-ency ratio from rising in spite of rapidly growing food demand.
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spelling CGSpace1484852025-11-06T07:49:38Z The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview El-Enbaby, Hoda Figueroa, Jose Luis ElDidi, Hagar Breisinger, Clemens economic development employment social protection reforms agriculture cash transfers agro-industrial sector food processing governance In order to complement the ongoing macroeconomic and safety net reforms in Egypt, it is important to foster additional sector-specific economic growth, especially in sectors that are good at creating jobs and reducing poverty. One sector that may help foster socioeconomic development in coming years is agriculture and related agro-processing industries. This paper shows that agriculture in Egypt continues to play a relatively important role in the economy compared to other mid-dle income countries. The sector’s stable growth performance has proved to be a reliable contributor to economy-wide output growth over the past decades. The underlying productivity gains have prevented the country’s food import depend-ency ratio from rising in spite of rapidly growing food demand. 2016-12-22 2024-06-21T09:24:49Z 2024-06-21T09:24:49Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148485 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute El-Enbaby, Hoda; Figueroa, Jose Luis; ElDidi, Hagar; and Breisinger, Clemens. 2016. The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview. MENA RP Working Paper 3. Washington, DC and Cairo, Egypt: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148485
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employment
social protection
reforms
agriculture
cash transfers
agro-industrial sector
food processing
governance
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Figueroa, Jose Luis
ElDidi, Hagar
Breisinger, Clemens
The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
title The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
title_full The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
title_fullStr The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
title_full_unstemmed The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
title_short The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview
title_sort role of agriculture and the agro processing industry for development in egypt an overview
topic economic development
employment
social protection
reforms
agriculture
cash transfers
agro-industrial sector
food processing
governance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148485
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