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Urban Development in Cairo (1976-1993) The Perils of ‘Everyday State Building’ in Egypt

Urban Development in Cairo (1976-1993) The Perils of ‘Everyday State Building’ in Egypt . World Bank Workshop “Using History to Inform Development Policy: The Role of Archives” (25-26 October 2012). Introduction. Interventions in Egypt WB’s Urban I & II Helwan Housing

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Urban Development in Cairo (1976-1993) The Perils of ‘Everyday State Building’ in Egypt

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  1. Urban Development in Cairo (1976-1993) The Perils of ‘Everyday State Building’ in Egypt World Bank Workshop “Using History to Inform Development Policy: The Role of Archives” (25-26 October 2012)

  2. Introduction • Interventions in Egypt • WB’s Urban I & II • Helwan Housing • Largely unsuccessful • Why study? • A distraction? • IFI critiques • Means of investigating Egypt (‘black box’) • State neglect of Cairo Informal Cairo in red

  3. The Egyptian State & the Donors • Political context • ‘Lame Leviathans’ • ‘Gate-keeper’ state • ‘Every-day state-building’ • Security context • Clear in the US case • Less so with respect to the Bank • Donor strategy • Policy reforms • ‘Aided self help’ • Demonstration projects • Egyptian objections • Construction projects • Donor leverage

  4. Projects • Challenged authoritarian dispensation • Urban I • Policy reform & resistance • Defense of the status quo • Helwan • Urban II • Transport sector • Low cost/low tech • Demands for a construction project • Parking garages & a bus depot

  5. Using the Archives • Minutiae, not the ‘big picture’ • Useful as part of a broader project • Next stage research? • Bank context for Egypt projects? • Where are the ‘contentious’ documents? • Future courses of action?

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