by Omri Polatsek, MPIWG Berlin, TU Berlin
In a report published by the Permanent Council for the Development of National Production in 1955, the regime of Gamal Abdel Nasser articulated for the first time the “economic philosophy of the revolution,” three years after it had seized power in Egypt (figure 1).
The report, which laid out the regime’s plans for agricultural and industrial development, emphasized the importance of establishing a local fertilizer industry in Egypt.
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