Malak Labib: ‘From the Needle to the Rocket’: International Development, Social Engineering and the Politics of Economic Planning in Egypt (1941-1965)
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10 juillet 2019
- doi: 10.58079/ajuz
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Academies Editorial Board, « Malak Labib: ‘From the Needle to the Rocket’: International Development, Social Engineering and the Politics of Economic Planning in Egypt (1941-1965) », Transregional Academies, ID : 10.58079/ajuz
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Labib’s project explores the history of development in Egypt, from wartime debates on state interventionism to the first Five-Year Plan. It examines the set of institutions, individuals and practices that created the development strategies of Egypt between the 1940s and 1960s. The project contributes, firstly, to a long-term history of development, which explores the links between the state- and economy-building projects at the end of empire, and the development strategies pursued by nationa...