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Articles & Analysis | Players in Egypt's construction industry adjust to changing environment from The Report: Egypt 2017
Articles & Analysis | Egypt's government develops several large-scale projects in cooperation with private sector from The Report: Egypt 2017
Egypt established a public-private partnership (PPP) Central Unit at the Ministry of Finance in 2006 as part of a new long-term government policy of pursuing partnerships with the private sector “to provide a new source of investment capital and financing required infrastructure projects, reduce the government of Egypt’s sovereign borrowing...
Articles & Analysis | Egypt's construction sector aims to increase contribution to GDP and fair market sharing from The Report: Egypt 2017
Egypt is beginning the task of boosting GDP growth and creating job opportunities for its rapidly expanding population. Construction has traditionally been one of the most labour-intensive sectors in the country. However, a December 2015 study by the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES) found that while the industry is an important...
Chapter | Construction from The Report: Egypt 2017
As cranes tower over the skies of an ever-expanding Cairo and billboards advertising new housing developments, universities and malls proliferate throughout the city, it is clear that after several years of uncertainty Egypt is in the midst of a construction boom. Large government priority projects, such as the New Administrative Capital, the expansion of the Cairo metro and water treatment...
Articles & Analysis | Useful tips for business and leisure travellers from The Report: Egypt 2017
ETIQUETTE: It is integral to Egyptian culture to be courteous to foreigners. A conversation, whether business-related or not, is usually accompanied by coffee, tea or juice. Social rules dictate what is appropriate for greeting people in business meetings. Close same-sex friends will sometimes greet...
Articles & Analysis | Egypt Hotel Listings from The Report: Egypt 2017
CAIRO MARRIOTT HOTEL & OMAR KHAYYAM CASINO 16 Saray El Gezira PO Box 33, Zamalek, Cairo T: (02) 2728 3000 F: (02) 2728 3001 www.cairomarriotthotel.com cairomarriottreservation@marriott.com Rooms: 1087 rooms, including 71 diplomatic suites, 28 executive suites, four ambassador suites, five presidential suites and two royal suites. Business...