Al-Ahram Weekly Online   1 - 7 July 2010
Issue No. 1005
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Energy priced up
Sherine Nasr reports on the ongoing dispute over reducing subsidies on energy
Cementing supply
Facing rapidly increasing prices and demand on cement, the government is moving ahead with plans for new factories, Nesma Nowar reports
Egypt's entrepreneurial godfathers
Magda Shahin sees Egypt as a natural choice for kick-starting Obama's global entrepreneurship drive, but success will require strenuous public-private cooperation
A vision for youth
The latest Egypt Human Development Report focuses on the future foretold via the challenges facing Egyptian youth, reports Doaa El-Bey
Protecting the people's land
The government is addressing corruption in land allocation. But is it going far enough, Niveen Wahish asks
Pensions for the pensionless
A new law aimed at strengthening social solidarity was rammed through the People's Assembly just one day before it adjourned for summer recess, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

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