Industrialisation's "winners" and "losers"
A recent UNIDO report has heralded Egypt as an economic "winner" despite the country's severe economic problems. John Sfakianakis investigates

Shopping festival delivers
The performance of this year's shopping festival that ended last week has been impressive. Eman Youssef writes

...another downgrade
Fitch Ratings' recent downgrade of Egyptian credit has come as no surprise, in fact some experts believe it is rather belated. Niveen Wahish

Growth challenged
The World Development Report warns that environmental problems and social unrest threaten international poverty reduction goals and urges a more balanced global approach to development. Mona El-Fiqi reports