Free but not unfettered
Lifting the ban on imported textiles may not prove a threat to the local industry after all, Niveen Wahish and Sherine Nasr find out

Playing the global game
In the last instalment of a series of articles on the rationale behind Egypt's investment and financial market regulation, Doha Abdelhamid and Ziad Bahaaeldin focus on the much-heralded law against money laundering

Economic empowerment
Conservative traditions, widespread discrimination, less education and other factors combine to keep women marginalised in the work force. Yasser Sobhi reports

Better business
Recently released data shows respectable growth for July-September 2003. Mona El-Fiqi reports

An EU business call
The Cairo International Fair gave EU officials a chance to explain the Association Agreement to the business community. Pierre Loza reports

Thwarting progress
Salah El-Amrousi questions the causal relationship between economic freedom and economic development

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