Economy

A coalition of economists, activists and academics are condemning the government’s economic reform plan put forward by the Ministry of…

  Smugglers in the Middle East are enjoying an unlikely moneyspinner — illegal medium grain rice. Shoppers across the Gulf,…

A new draft law introduced in Parliament threatens to dissolve the independent trade unions that have sprung up in various…

While the independent trade union movement has flourished over the past year, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has…

As the country struggles to get back on its economic feet, Egypt’s neighbors across the Mediterranean may be on the…

Working in Egypt’s transitional government under the stewardship of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is no easy task,…

With a loan deal between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund still uncertain and foreign investors still wary of returning,…

With Egypt’s economy struggling over the past year, everyone from generals and government officials to presidential candidates and academics have…

For years, Egypt’s government has discussed the need to reform fuel subsidies that mainly benefit energy-intensive industries and the wealthy,…

Mona Farag stood quietly watching military and police beat some of the women around her, forcing them, with the sides…