Al-Ahram Weekly Online   10 - 16 April 2008
Issue No. 892
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The right to food
Hunger is both a violation of human dignity and an obstacle to social, political and economic progress, writes Nader Noureddin
A drop in the ocean
Will the elimination of tariffs on some imported items be enough to bring down prices in the local market? Mona El-Fiqi seeks an answer
Appreciation needed
Raising interest rates may help contain inflation, but Sherine Abdel-Razek finds out that more is needed
Sampling the business climate
Dampened expectations, lower economic growth, but improved production are reported by major companies, Sherine Nasr reports
How to make it
Stroke of luck? Divine design? Or sheer genius? Sherine Nasr talks to entrepreneurs who made it big despite the odds

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