Public Works

A government ministry or department responsible for public infrastructure and civil engineering projects such as road construction, street laying, and other civic works. In the context of Egypt, the Department/�Ministry of Public Works was a major government body prone to corruption, and “tanzim” referred to its street-laying regulations.

Claims that use this term

• Hussen launched an anticorruption and work-discipline drive at Public Works
• Corruption and lax discipline pervaded the Public Works ministry before Hussen
• Tanzim meant street-laying regulation and named Egypt’s Department of Public Works.