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A NOTE ON THE EVALUATION WORK OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC. (EGYPT)
Author(s) -
NAKAOKA SAN'EKI
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1049.1963.tb01141.x
Subject(s) - agrarian society , agrarian reform , work (physics) , political science , ancient history , geography , history , agriculture , archaeology , engineering , mechanical engineering
l) Academic research on the economic and social structure of the Nile delta villages has beefi dealt with in pilot studies by J. Lozach, 'A. 'Amm~r and others.1 But, generally speaking, most of the research work carried out before the 1940's was restricted to a narrow area, such as the improvemeht of an irrigation system, a cotton farming project or a taxation system. After the 1940's; the peasant or rural problem became of greater concern : not only on academic but also practical levels since it was connected with the determination of the peasant status within the framework of the Egyptian society itself. This was not easy because of the troubles caused by the agricultural crisis of the 1930's. Important reform programmes were proposed about this time, among which the propo~al "by Mr Khattab was th,e most distinguished one. The Agrarian Reform initiated in 1952 has been a factor Which has finally attracted attention to these pressing agricultural problems.2 As yet we do not have sufficient reliable data based on actual field work, especially that dealing with ~he liririted area, to arrive at a real understanding of how far the Agrarian Reform has been effective in