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Rigged Election Haunts Egypt’s Stability

According to an article in the Los Angeles Times Egypt is facing many economic, social and institutional challenges undermining its future. This and the political uncertainty that increased with the

Leading NDP Figure: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif’s Government Failed

Dr. Alia Al-Mahdi, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University and Member at the Policies Secretariat-NDP, has entered the realm of speculation amid talks about

Egypt contemplates a greener agenda in the political arena

Egypt has witnessed the establishment in 1990 of The Green Party of Egypt, ‘Hizb al-Khodr’ by the Papyrus Institute’s founder in Egypt, the late Hassan Ragab highlighting that priority given

Egypt: ElBaradei Works to Motivate Diaspora

A new article in the Carnegie Endowment’s Arab Reform Bulletin by Omar Ashour describes how Mohamed ElBaradei has mobilized the Egyptian diaspora.

Egypt: World Bank Appoints Egyptian Director

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today appointed Egyptian Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin Managing Director of the World Bank Group.

Ottoway: Egypt, change or continuity?

David Ottaway, senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre published a recent article as part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center’s Occasional Paper series discussing the prospects for political

Military tribunal rules in favour of three workers, sentencing others to jail‏

Three workers from the Helwan for Engineering Industries accused of vandalizing factory properties in an attempt to deliberately stop production, and exposing "secret information" were ruled innocent by a military

Egypt Business Forecast Report Q4 2010 – New Report Published

The overall Egyptian economy looks relatively well positioned compared with the sluggish recovery being experienced in the rest of the world, especially in developed states.

Opposition stages protest to escalating commodity prices

Protests organized by the Watan hurr 'Free Country' movement are scheduled for Monday objecting to price increases in front of the People’s Assembly in Cairo and the Chamber of Commerce

Mubarak’s Regime may be a Victim of its Own Success

By focusing on western demands for economic restructuring – and the personal enrichment that has accompanied it – Egypt’s ruling elites have become almost comically out of touch with their