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Oasis or Mirage? The Costs of a Sustainable City
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
Masdar City sounds like a utopia. Located in the deserts outside Abu Dhabi, the capital of the U.A.E., it was envisioned as the world's first car...
Building Community in Cairo's Satellite Cities
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
In Egypt's capital, good affordable housing isn't just a concern -- It's a demand. While Cairo's swelling population clings to the Nile, some Egy...
In Egypt, Affordable Housing is the Price of Love
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
Think affordable housing is just a matter of number crunching and government regulation? How about sex?
OK, so maybe not just "sex," but in Egy...
The Changing Role of Labor Unions in Egypt
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
Before the uprisings in Egypt, unions had an uncomfortably close relationship with the government. Now, with newer, independent unions taking the...
Egyptian Entrepreneurs Face Red Tape
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
For most Egyptian entrepreneurs, starting a business is like waiting in line at the DMV: Numerous forms, endless lines and a tangle of red tape m...
Hernando de Soto on the Middle East's 'Informal' Revolution
Stan Alcorn Mar 28, 2012
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto is best known for the big, paradigm-shifting idea of his 2000 book: The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Tr...
The Gold ATM Index
Amanda Aronczyk Nov 3, 2011
This morning, David Brancaccio reported on consumer confidence in Egypt, as well as in the region at large.
He mentioned the Gold-To-Go ATM in A...
Unlocking Egypt's Economic Future
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
Over the next month, while David Brancaccio is doing stories from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the Economy 4.0 blog will be looking at the...
Et tu, OECD?
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
You would have thought the venerable promoters of the global economy at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development would have been...
Financial Forecasting: Beating the Storm
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
The Office for Financial Research, or OFR, is a new government outfit that aims to forecast financial storms before they happen....
