Al-Ahram Weekly Online   20 - 26 April 2006
Issue No. 791
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Lowering interest
The Central Bank of Egypt is sending strong signals to the market that the way for interest rates to go is down. Niveen Wahish reports
Going metal
Can you imagine paying three coins fare for a short taxi trip? This will soon become a fact of life by the end of June when Egyptian one pound paper notes and LE0.5 are replaced with coins of the same worth, Eman Youssef reports
Southbound assistance
Sherine Nasr visits USAID projects seeking to empower communities in Upper Egypt
On to outsourcing
Egypt is on the road to outsourcing ICT development and services, reports Dena Rashed

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