infitāḥ

infitāḥ

▪ Egyptian history
Arabic:  “opening” 
 program of economic liberalization in Egypt initiated by Pres. Anwar el-Sādāt (Sādāt, Anwar el-) in the early 1970s.

      Sādāt's program of infitāḥ, officially outlined in the October Paper of April 1974, represented a marked departure from the socialist framework of his predecessor, Gamal Abdel Nasser (Nasser, Gamal Abdel). The open-door economic program was meant to encourage capitalist investment by domestic and foreign investors, thereby invigorating Egypt's sizable and inefficient public sector. Incentives such as reduced taxes and import tariffs were offered to investors, and foreign banks were encouraged to return to Egypt.

      The program was faced with a number of significant challenges. Many investors found themselves confronted with a complex bureaucracy that made doing business in Egypt difficult. Investors who did participate in the Egyptian economy as a result of infitāḥ frequently invested in ventures of minimized risk such as tourism or construction, often at the expense of important but less-reliable sectors such as industry. Furthermore, infitāḥ policies resulted in an accentuation of the country's economic disparities: while a small proportion of individuals profited from the program, for the wider Egyptian public, which enjoyed few benefits, infitāḥ was largely a disappointment.

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