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Growth Alliances: Insights from Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Abla Abdel-Latif  and
Hubert Schmitz
Abla Abdel-Latif
Affiliation:
American University in Cairo
Hubert Schmitz
Affiliation:
Institute of Development Studies
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Abstract

Recent research has shown that alliances between policy makers and investors can be very effective in enhancing investment and growth. Drawing on the case of Egypt, this paper asks where such growth alliances come from, how they evolve over time, what their key features are, how they work, in what circumstances they do good rather than harm, and whether they can be constructed for policy purposes.

Keywords

growth alliancegrowth coalitionstate-business relationsinvestmenteconomic growthtransitional arrangementsEgypt

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Business and Politics , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 1 - 27
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Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2010 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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