Al-Ahram Weekly

18 - 24 October 2007
Issue No. 867
Economy

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

A move to force cement producers to end a suspected monopoly of the market took everyone by surprise. Mona El-Fiqi investigates

Nader Noureldeen argues that Arab countries need to begin producing wheat instead of relying on imports

Egypt's reforms in the economy seem to be applauded everywhere except by the people who work in it, Niveen Wahish reports