? Politics or economy: which comes first
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| DR.Ahmed Galal |
Towards the end of the 1980sthe world held its breath as communism, a political
force in Russia for 70 years, started to fall apart, to be replaced by a system
that favoured democracy and a free market economy. At almost the same time,
free market reforms were introduced to China, leading to what is today very
nearly the mightiest industrial and trade powerhouse in the world, but still
with much to be desired on the political front ... All through this the world watched, with many
pondering the question: which should have come first, political reform or
economic development? To this day there is no definite answer to the question.
That same question has imposed itself on the Egyptian
scene to the point that a recent conference in Cairo, dubbed a ‘national
dialogue,’ was dedicated to discussing just that. The dialogue was organised by
the Economic Research Forum (ERF), a regional network dedicated to promoting
high quality economic research to contribute to sustainable development in the
Arab world, Iran and Turkey as part of a series of national dialogue events
under the title “The Egypt of the Future” ... for more information in |en.wataninet.com
Towards the end of the 1980sthe world held its breath as communism, a political
force in Russia for 70 years, started to fall apart, to be replaced by a system
that favoured democracy and a free market economy. At almost the same time,
free market reforms were introduced to China, leading to what is today very
nearly the mightiest industrial and trade powerhouse in the world, but still
with much to be desired on the political front ... All through this the world watched, with many
pondering the question: which should have come first, political reform or
economic development? To this day there is no definite answer to the question.
That same question has imposed itself on the Egyptian
scene to the point that a recent conference in Cairo, dubbed a ‘national
dialogue,’ was dedicated to discussing just that. The dialogue was organised by
the Economic Research Forum (ERF), a regional network dedicated to promoting
high quality economic research to contribute to sustainable development in the
Arab world, Iran and Turkey as part of a series of national dialogue events
under the title “The Egypt of the Future” ... for more information in |en.wataninet.com 