Al-Ahram Weekly Online   22 - 28 September 2005
Issue No. 761
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Inch up the ladder
Egypt may rank low on the World Bank's list of countries where doing business is easy, but it is working on it. Niveen Wahish reports
Evaluating Egypt's tariff reform policy
In a seminar organised by the Economic Research Forum to discuss trade reform in the Middle East and North Africa region, Maamoun Abdel-Fattah, WTO consultant, presented his personal assessment of Egypt's September 2004 Tariff Reform policy. Sherine El-Madany attended
Little to celebrate
The 2005 Human Development Report reveals that the poverty rate in Egypt remains high. Mona El-Fiqi reports
Growth expectations on the rise
Due to recent government actions, including the new income tax law and trade liberalisation, the rate of economic growth is improving and expectations are high, Mona El-Fiqi finds out
Making a choice
Egypt has resolved to diversify its wheat imports. Sherine Nasr reports
Egypt's response to globalisation
by Taha Abdel-Alim Taha
Passage to Africa
Providing transportation facilities may prove to be a good start in promoting trade among COMESA members
All for the oil hunt
Building liquidity reserves for Amoc IPO drives the market down. Wael Gamal reports

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