In interview with Mohamed Sabreen, Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, discusses the regional and national challenges and opportunities ahead in the Arab worldÂ
You are coming to Egypt for a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El-Sheikh. Its theme is “the promise of a new generation.” What […]

World Economic Forum started Saturday in Egypt
Mideast business leaders gather in Egypt’s resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss reforms, youth employment.
By Mona Salem - CAIRO (Middle East Online) Arab and Israeli political and business leaders are to meet for three days in Egypt’s resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from Saturday, only a month after the Sinai […]

Ready for business
Regional business and political leaders’ commitment to reform will be placed under the microscope at the World Economic Forum meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, report Niveen Wahish and Injy El-Kashef

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East, scheduled for 20-22 May in Sharm El-Sheikh, comes at a precarious moment. Domestic tensions are growing […]

By William Wallis in Cairo  (The Financial Times )
Published: May 18 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 18 2006 03:00

Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egypt’s trade and industry minister, said yesterday the time was ripe for Arab countries to accelerate economic integration as their companies outgrew domestic markets and global talks on trade liberalisation hit a brick […]