First published in 1986, Agrarian Change in Egypt based on extensive original research as well as field survey of eighteen villages, analyses and explains the changes in the agricultural sector in Egypt. It shows how various policies and other factors have affected agricultural output and how developments triggered by the 'open door policy' such as inflation, migration, and the shift in the pricing system have affected agriculture. The Egyptian experience is fairly typical of agrarian change in many parts of the developing world where government reforms in the 1960s and 1970s tried to combine considerations of efficiency and equity but ended up with stagnation. The Egyptian case therefore provides a good example of the general crisis in agriculture in the developing world. This book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of agricultural economy, development studies and political economy.

At the end of the 1970s Tunisia was hailed, among developing countries, as the perfect example of the economic miracle. A decade later and Tunisia is the perfect example of the economic tragedy. The rapid development and industrialization - the Tunisian economy has dramatically shifted from predominantly rural to urban - of the 70s and early 80s was so great as to double per capita income and prompted the World Bank to promote Tunisia to the "middle income" league. "Tunisia - Rural Labour and Structural Transformation", identifies the reasons for the spectacular growth and subsequent decline of the economy. The main aim of the book, however, is to analyze this transformation, and its social and economic implications for the country. In particular, the authors examine the adjustments in the labour market and their effects on equity and welfare.