Al-Ahram Weekly Online   10 - 16 March 2011
Issue No. 1038
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Seeds of change
The government has promised to pay farmers higher prices for strategic crops, but experts say more is needed for Egypt to achieve self-sufficiency. Mona El-Fiqi reports
Parking gear
Car feeding industries are feeling the brunt of the post-revolution slowdown, reports Ahmed Kotb
Numbers not promising
NO ONE can yet tell what the number of those unemployed will come to this year...
Plans for tourism revival
Marketing and security are necessary for tourism to rebound, Nesma Nowar reports
No lands gratis
Reviewing land contracts will open the door to more legal disputes, Sherine Nasr reports
Required: proof of wrongdoing
Retrieving assets found to have been illicitly acquired by former officials and businessmen may be easier said than done, reports Niveen Wahish
Peering into the revolution's crystal ball
Comparisons between Egypt's revolution and others during the past three decades abound and are instructive. They suggest two scenarios for the post-revolutionary period, says Eric Walberg

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