NDP's recipe criticised
Economic pundits claim that recommendations by the ruling party's first annual conference are by no means enough to tackle Egypt's economic woes. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Girl power
Small funds are turning lives around in Aswan. Niveen Wahish reports

Market up in September
Despite an overall economic gloom, a positive sentiment marked stock market transactions in September with both the blue chips and small caps gaining grounds Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

Sporadic confidence
The Egyptian pound rose on the black market for the first time in eight months. Sherine Abdel-Razek investigates the reasons

Cancun: fiesta or failure?
For world trade, Cancun was a stop on the way, not the end of the road, argues Adel Beshai

Briefs
Egypt's balance of payments account showed a remarkable increase to $602 million during the third quarter of the 2002-2003 fiscal year...