New money for old
International donors have pledged to raise $10.3 billion for Egypt over the next three years. The challenge is to use that money to build an economy that can withstand another 11 September
Two-way street
European Commission Ambassador Ian Boaga says Egypt's friends are willing to help it overcome the effects of 11 September. But in an interview with Khaled Dawoud and Soha Abdelaty on the fringes of the Consultative Group meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh last week he noted that Egypt's economic problems did not start with 11 September
Extending the safety net
The Social Fund for Development won the lion's share of donor pledges at Sharm El-Sheikh. But it still got far less than it wanted
EXPOSPAIN in Egypt
Spain chose Egypt to host a recent trade promotion event. Shaimaa Labib reports
Unfettering the currency
The government's experimental management of the exchange rate regime has left experts disappointed. Niveen Wahish delves into the forex quandary
Privatisation phase out?
Egypt's much-hyped privatisation programme has reached a seeming state of stagnation. Gamal Essam El-Din reports on how the government is facing an uphill battle against a mix of adverse internal and local factors
Shop till you drop?
The talk of the town has been the state of the economy, the crisis beforehand and the so-called 'fact' that nobody is buying. Yasmine El-Rashidi hits the streets and checks out what is really going on behind Cairo's cash registers
The future is here
As the tenth annual Al-Ahram Computer and Information Technology Exhibition (ACITEX), opened last week, Eman Youssef trekked down to Nasr City to see what all the commotion was about
Donations welcome
A rally of the capital market was the early fruit of the Sharm El-Sheikh donors' meeting. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports
Restoring the momentum of reform
Egypt should return to the IMF giving evidence of wide-spread support for such a move, argues Ahmed Abushadi
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