In the Grips of the Army: The Egyptian Economy

... implementing 2,800 projects worth 1.1 trillion pounds (about 70 billion dollars) involving 1,440 Egyptian companies and more than 9 million engineers, technicians, and workers across whole country. The privileged economic and political position of the army in Egyptian society, the lack of external control, and the closed nature of army organizations make military companies fertile breeding grounds for corruption. In the 1980s, the army received rights to large tracts of land, including those of which, in ...