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North Africa Special Report: Unrest keeps tourists away
Analysts have long warned of a demographic time-bomb ticking in the Middle East and North Africa
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Egypt Special Report: Preparing for democracy
As Egypt enters a new political era, the authorities should not completely break from the past
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Egypt Special Report: ElBaradei return prompts political reform hopes
Like countries the world over, Egypt has felt the force of the global financial crisis. As a major oil and gas exporter and a key trading partner with Europe, Cairo has seen its export revenues shrink on the back of the collapse in energy prices and the economic turmoil in European Union.
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Special Report: Egypt - Government lowers economic forecasts
Egypt already has a good track record of putting in place the right policies to attract international investors. It now needs to continue to innovate to regain the foreign direct investment lost as a result of the downturn.
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Special Report: Tourism & Real Estate - Visitor numbers slide
Dubai has some of the world’s most expensive hotel room rates, with charges for one night averaging $370 in October 2008. But with most of the world falling into recession, such prices could be hard to sustain this year.
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Special Report: Egypt - Banking sector reforms pay dividends
Egypt’s housing sector offers great potential for investment-hungry mortgage finance companies.
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Special Report: Oil & Gas - Region's domestic needs hit export plans
Iran’s export plans neatly encapsulate the problems faced by many of the region’s gas producers. Heavily subsidised prices for domestic consumers are a big burden on the Iranian government, as they are in Egypt. But both governments have created an expectation among consumers of cheap energy.
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Special Report: Maghreb - The drive for foreign investment
Nowhere else in the world will you find four neighbouring economies with so little in common. But Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli do share one thing: an urgent need for foreign investment.
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Special Report: Banking - Gulf bank growth accelerates
There is consensus in the banking community that 2008 will be a much better year for the industry than 2007. A stormy 2007 revealed the full impact on banks of the 20-month-long market crash that began in February 2006, which triggered severe falls in advisory fees.
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Special Report: Egypt - Struggling with subsidies
Over the past three years, the aggressive economic reforms of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif’s government have transformed the Egyptian economy. But they have also upset the political apple cart.
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Special Report: GCC construction sector - Branching Out
Liberalising the property market has boosted the GCC construction sector, but challenges remain for both governments and developers alike.
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Special Report: North Africa - A position of strength in gas supply
In terms of location and resources, North Africa is well placed to become the leading gas supplier to the European market, if it can overcome the problems caused by government inflexibility and a lack of progress on key projects.
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Special report: North African gas
In terms of location and resources, North Africa is well placed to become the leading gas supplier to the European market, if it can overcome the problems caused by government inflexibility and a lack of progress on key projects.
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Special Report: Road construction
The Gulf construction market is entering a new phase as resources start to catch up with the project mountain and the balance shifts back from the contractor to the client.
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