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Markets of Dispossession: NGOs, Economic Development, and the State in Cairo (Politics, History, and Culture) by Julia Elyachar, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-8223-3571-9 / 0822335719 ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-3571-9 / 9780822335719 What happens when the market tries to help the poor? In many parts of the world today, neo-liberal development programs are offering ordinary people the tools of free enterprise as the means to well-being and empowerment. Schemes to transform the poor into small-scale entrepreneurs promise them the |