Egypt blog 4: A Middle East Beanfeast
Another reason why Egypt shouldn’t be paying its odious Mubarak-era debt was highlighted by a teachers’ protest yesterday against the appalling under-investment in education here. While there is a theoretical…
Egypt blog 3: Who will pay the price?
Spent the day at the brilliant conference which looked at ‘who will pay the price’ for decisions to pay Mubarak’s debt and take Egypt down the so-called ‘free market’ economic…
IMF negotiating loan with Egypt
Protests against conditions and usury. The Egyptian government has announced it is in negotiations with the IMF on a $4.8 billion loan. The loan is likely to be disbursed over…
