The Egyptian private sector and the bureaucracy.

From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: April 1, 1994| Author: Youssef, Samir M. | Copyright information

Egypt's bureaucracy continues to wield significant economic power despite the country's ongoing shift from centralized control to free-market economic policies. At present, the bureaucracy still tends to favor state-owned enterprises over private business firms (PBFs) though this too will change as decentralization progresses. In the mean time, businessmen who manage PBFs find that they must negotiate with the bureaucrats to secure the necessary materials and markets. Only those PBFs that wea...

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