The hidden economy in Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10282425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Delwin A Roy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 689-711 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263209208700925 |
| OpenAlex | W2074137629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
A hidden economy in Egypt has been a feature of this centrally-planned state for several decades. Although this aspect of the economy has more typically been known as the 'informal' sector, after 1973 and the initiation of the economic liberalization policy the infitah, it became considerably easier to engage in all forms of private economic activity that could be more readily 'masked'. That is, the scope, range and the specific kinds of economic activities being conducted, and the amounts of money involved, are largely indeterminate and unknown. Accordingly, the term 'hidden economy', as defined here, refers inter alia to a number of spheres of this unknown activity: traditional informal economic activity; 'black' market operations; 'gray' market operations; and, the more purely domestic economic activities of the military establishment. In addition, two major enabling mechanisms, remittances and the primary agents for these, the money dealers (changers), the Islamic companies and other Islamic banking and financial institutions which are integral to the operation of the hidden economy, are included in the term 'hidden
Ancient history · Economics · Economy · Middle East · Middle Eastern studies · Political science · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Law · Taxation and Compliance Studies
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2021 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |