Economic reform, NDP style
Mahmoud Mohieddin speaks to Niveen Wahish about the challenges facing the NDP's policy recommendations

'Subsidise or die'
Although subsidisation is mainly to blame for the growth of the budget deficit in recent years, food subsidies will be increased substantially this year. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Cutting the fat out
Reforming public service employment policy and social expenditure may be the recipe for rationalising budget allocations and systematising efficiency