World Economic Forum

An international high-level conference to be convened in Sharm El-Sheikh next week is a good opportunity for Egypt to show off, Mona El-Fiqi reports

While business leaders gathering for the World Economic Forum may believe that good economics cures all ills, reality demands that the region's political woes be addressed first, writes Wahid Abdel-Meguid

The long awaited fruits of development have not yet been delivered, and experts seem to know why, Sherine Nasr listens in

A promising economic outlook is offsetting explosive politics in the Middle East. Sherine Abdel-Razek looks at what the future has in store for the economies of the region

In a wide-ranging interview, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin tells Assem El-Kersh that the only way to end poverty in Egypt is to continue to pursue sustainable growth while ensuring that public spending is directed far more efficiently at those most in need

Hesham Youssef examines the cost the region would bear if efforts to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict fail

Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere argues that the traumas of the Arab-Israeli struggle should inspire the path towards peace

Nader Noureddin ponders the environmental merits of replacing fossil fuels with biofuels, despite the latter's aggravation of the world food crisis