A tool that is not useful for economic health is spending.
It was the Kansas-Nebraska Act that led up to the disintegration of the Whig Party.
The good thing was the the economy of Egypt was better thanks to the British. They also learned the English language. There was however a strong Arabic oppositon, which didn't like the European ruling (Christians settelting in Egypt). This led to several armed conflicts. British occupation until 1922 when Egypt declared its independence.