Egypt can still achieve comprehensive development, but it needs immediate action to stabilise its currency and balance its deficit
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Egyptian economist and the chairman of Al-Ahram organization Ahmed El-sayed Al-Naggar examines possibilities of closer economic ties between an Egypt looking for international investment and a China which continues to expand
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European states that had been engaged in bloody conflicts — especially during the two World Wars — managed to bury their differences. Why can't Arabs do the same?
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The foreign exchange market witnessed severe disturbances following the central bank's devaluation of exchange rate raising the dollar against the pound by about 14.3% in one shot
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Various economic values in the Egyptian and global economy need to be changed or reformed
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The Egyptian public sector has historically played an important role in the economy and society. It should be reformed, rather than being sold off to the private sector
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Egypt's booming relations with Italy will be harmed as a result of the murder of Giulio Regeni
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Oil prices plummeted from $105.9 per barrel on average in 2013 to a mere $28 per barrel currently. That fall may have a positive effect on oil importing countries, but it will negatively affect oil exporting countries
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Mutual presidential visits between Egypt and China in the last two years indicate a convergence of potentials for mutually beneficial enhanced relations between the two countries
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The main positive economic development in 2015 was the increase in growth rates. However, that development needs to be built upon
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The Egyptian-Russian nuclear agreement is a way to fulfill Egypt's historic dream of entering the nuclear club. That dream should not be turned into a nightmare amid political bickering
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Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the Renaissance Dam do not seem to be leading toward a resolution of the issue. Resorting to international arbitration should be Egypt's immediate option
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The parties that fund terrorist groups cannot be tools in combating them, and resolving social, economic and political injustice is the only ultimate solution to terrorism
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The reaction of some Western states — especially Britain — to the Russian plane crash disaster in Egypt is bizarre and not a little hypocritical
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Amid the current fluidity in the Arab region there is opportunity for Egypt to take back its preeminent regional role, if it can sustain a domestic equation that builds the state not by oppression but consent
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Victory in the battle against terrorism is assured if the bond between the people and the state is maintained through the state's respect of the law, human rights and freedoms
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The new parallel channel of the Suez Canal is a defining development in the history of the waterway. However, it is far greater and more important than being a mere shipping route
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Mubarak was tried and convicted for the simplest crime committed during his rule. Far greater crimes — especially a slew of corrupt privatisation deals — remain and should be accounted for
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International reparations have not been implemented in a consistent and fair way; countries who were brutally occupied by colonial powers also have a right to compensation
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The state of destructive chaos widespread in some Arab countries can only be confronted through respecting freedoms, human rights, dignity and equality, along with economic development and social justice
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