This paper evaluates the impact of policy reforms on the productivity of Egypt's public sector enterprises. It finds an important asymmetry in the consequences of the reforms between the rapidly expanding import substitution sector with high productivity growth and the stagnant traditional export sector. It also finds that much of the observed productivity growth of the import substitution sector may be ascribed to improvements in capacity utilization...
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1986/01/01
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Journal Article
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REP394
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2005/07/27
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Productivity change in Egyptian public sector industries after "The Opening" 1973-1979
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Citation
Handoussa,Heba A.; Nishimizu,Mieko; Page, John M. Jr.
Productivity change in Egyptian public sector industries after "The Opening" 1973-1979 (English). World Bank reprint series ; no. REP 394 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/636621468037587790