Al-Ahram Weekly

		28 October - 3 November 2004 Issue No. 714 Economy	Current issue Previous issue Site map
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The recent tariff cuts were supposed to bring prices down. They have not. Mona El-Fiqi tries to find out why

For economic reform to succeed, a major mental shift needs to take place, argues Taher Helmy

The investment minister visited Beni Suif, one of Egypt's poorest governorates, early this week. Wael Gamal reports