Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 - 30 December 2009
Issue No. 978
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Acting to save jobs
The impact of the economic crisis on the labour market has been devastating. Sherine Nasr reports on the findings of a recent conference addressing labour woes
Could be doing better
The Egyptian job market is caught between an education system disconnected from economic reality and a global financial crisis that is changing the rules of the game, Nesmahar Sayed reports
Loans for ideas
What stands in the way of expanding microfinance in Egypt? Ahmed Abu Ghazala reports on a conference that attempted to find out
Winds of change
Egypt is working to better harness a key source of renewable energy, a key government official tells Ahmed Kotb
No escaping the tax
The deadline for submitting real estate tax reports has been pushed back three months, but this has not stopped the talk, writes Niveen Wahish
Real estate realities revealed
A new survey charting the performance of the real estate market has been released, Eman Youssef reports
Global warming to hit food
Climate change is set to have an adverse effect on food security in Mediterranean countries, writes Nader Noureddin

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