VOL. XLIII

No. 31

30-July-2000

EGYPT

Egypts Economy Shows Some Signs Of Improvement

The Egyptian economy, still heavily influenced by the economic policies of the government and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), remains a long way from becoming a market oriented economy, even if tentative steps have been taken in that direction. The governments economic involvement, legislative inefficiency and fiscal mismanagement mean that in the last two years the economy has plodded along, with the...