Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt

Disparity in growth rates between Upper and Lower Egypt has been dramatic. While national per capita income averaged 3 percent growth annually beginning in the mid 1990s, and growth rates in metropolitan areas approached 8 percent -- Upper Egypt ex...

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Main Authors:	Soliman, Ayat, Larson, Gunnar
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE BANKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS COMMUNITY DEMAND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFIDENCE BUILDING CREDIT AGREEMENT CREDIT DELIVERY DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FEMALE FEMALE POPULATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL SERVICES GENDER GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GENERATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION LOAN LOAN OFFICERS LOAN RECOVERY MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-FINANCE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY METHODS POOR POOR WOMEN POVERTY LINE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCE PROGRAM RURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL LENDING RURAL POOR RURAL ROADS RURAL SERVICES SANITATION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SUPERVISION SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT URBAN AREAS VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE VILLAGE COUNCILS VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES YOUTH YOUTH CENTERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8608890/building-infrastructure-social-capital-rural-egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9563

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spelling	okr-10986-95632021-04-23T14:02:46Z Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt Soliman, Ayat Larson, Gunnar ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE BANKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS COMMUNITY DEMAND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFIDENCE BUILDING CREDIT AGREEMENT CREDIT DELIVERY DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FEMALE FEMALE POPULATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL SERVICES GENDER GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GENERATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION LOAN LOAN OFFICERS LOAN RECOVERY MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-FINANCE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY METHODS POOR POOR WOMEN POVERTY LINE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCE PROGRAM RURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL LENDING RURAL POOR RURAL ROADS RURAL SERVICES SANITATION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SUPERVISION SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT URBAN AREAS VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE VILLAGE COUNCILS VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES YOUTH YOUTH CENTERS Disparity in growth rates between Upper and Lower Egypt has been dramatic. While national per capita income averaged 3 percent growth annually beginning in the mid 1990s, and growth rates in metropolitan areas approached 8 percent -- Upper Egypt experienced negative per capita growth rates during the same period. By 2001, Upper Egypt accounted for 37 percent of the country's population, but 65 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Yet rural development programs under similar conditions throughout Egypt recently experienced some significant successes. The most notable success was a participatory approach to rural development planning introduced in the framework of the 1994 National Program for Integrated Rural Development -- known as Shorouk or Sunrise. 2012-08-13T08:58:11Z 2012-08-13T08:58:11Z 2007-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8608890/building-infrastructure-social-capital-rural-egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9563 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 24 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE BANKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS COMMUNITY DEMAND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFIDENCE BUILDING CREDIT AGREEMENT CREDIT DELIVERY DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FEMALE FEMALE POPULATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL SERVICES GENDER GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GENERATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION LOAN LOAN OFFICERS LOAN RECOVERY MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-FINANCE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY METHODS POOR POOR WOMEN POVERTY LINE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCE PROGRAM RURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL LENDING RURAL POOR RURAL ROADS RURAL SERVICES SANITATION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SUPERVISION SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT URBAN AREAS VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE VILLAGE COUNCILS VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES YOUTH YOUTH CENTERS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE BANKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS COMMUNITY DEMAND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFIDENCE BUILDING CREDIT AGREEMENT CREDIT DELIVERY DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FEMALE FEMALE POPULATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL SERVICES GENDER GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GENERATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION LOAN LOAN OFFICERS LOAN RECOVERY MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-FINANCE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATORY METHODS POOR POOR WOMEN POVERTY LINE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCE PROGRAM RURAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL LENDING RURAL POOR RURAL ROADS RURAL SERVICES SANITATION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SUPERVISION SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT URBAN AREAS VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE VILLAGE COUNCILS VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES YOUTH YOUTH CENTERS Soliman, Ayat Larson, Gunnar Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
relation	Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 24
description	Disparity in growth rates between Upper and Lower Egypt has been dramatic. While national per capita income averaged 3 percent growth annually beginning in the mid 1990s, and growth rates in metropolitan areas approached 8 percent -- Upper Egypt experienced negative per capita growth rates during the same period. By 2001, Upper Egypt accounted for 37 percent of the country's population, but 65 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Yet rural development programs under similar conditions throughout Egypt recently experienced some significant successes. The most notable success was a participatory approach to rural development planning introduced in the framework of the 1994 National Program for Integrated Rural Development -- known as Shorouk or Sunrise.
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author	Soliman, Ayat Larson, Gunnar
author_facet	Soliman, Ayat Larson, Gunnar
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title	Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt
title_short	Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt
title_full	Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt
title_fullStr	Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt
title_full_unstemmed	Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt
title_sort	building infrastructure and social capital in rural egypt
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8608890/building-infrastructure-social-capital-rural-egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9563
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Building Infrastructure and Social Capital in Rural Egypt

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