““The combination of the land-reform programme and the creation of the public sector resulted in around 75 per cent of Egypt's gross domestic product (GDP) being transferred from the hands of the country's rich either to the state or to millions of small owners. The closest parallel to such a large-scale social programme had been in the early days of Mohamed Ali Pasha's rule in the early nineteenth century.””
![“In Egypt the neoliberal programs have meant statistical growth, like right before the Arab Spring, Egypt was a kind of poster child for the World Bank and the IMF [International Monetary Fund:] the marvelous economic management and great reform. The only problem was for most of the population it…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb3/noam-chomsky-42_amount_in-egypt-the-neoliberal-programs-have-me_751633.jpg)
![“While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for.” quote by Dalia Mogahed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/897/dalia-mogahed-13851_development_while-economic-development-in-egypt-made_1326060.jpg)
