13 Jul 2013
Egypt's shattered economy was boosted this week by Gulf allies pledging billions of dollars in aid, but analysts say this simply buys time as political turmoil deepens its economic malaise.
The millions of ordinary Egyptians angered by...
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25 Jun 2013
Mohamed Morsy, Egypt's first elected president since the 25 January 2011 uprising, has been in power for 12 months. His rise to power boosted hopes for prosperity, particularly after his election platform made broad promises to...
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25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
On the macroeconomic level, the closure of a newspaper is a nonevent.
It is...
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25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
Whether the economy is growing or slowing, unemployment has been one of...
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25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
Mohamed Abdel Barr starts his day at 4 am, when he wakes up for the dawn...
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22 Apr 2013
In a statement released on 21 April, the International Monetary Fund said that its Managing Director Christine Lagarde met with the Egyptian delegation, and that “the authorities and IMF staff have made further progress in their...
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16 Apr 2013
Adel Gazarin, a prominent figure in Egypt’s automotive industry, has played an important role in the field since its beginning in the 1950s, a period that witnessed the development of state-owned heavy industries.
Born in...
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15 Apr 2013
Electronic payments in Egypt are on an uptrend, and according to a recent study, this contributes directly to overall economic growth.
A global study conducted for Visa by Moody’s Analytics found that the growth in the use of...
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14 Apr 2013
Egypt’s budget deficit reached about LE146.5 billion in the first eight months of fiscal year 2012/13, equaling 8.2 percent of gross domestic product, according to the Finance Ministry’s monthly report.
Because of a confluence...
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12 Apr 2013
The nation's economic crisis poses a threat to basic nutrition for its population of 84 million people, as the poorest spend more than half their income on food, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
WFP country director...
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