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By Sharon Otterman, New York Times, February 21, 2011
CAIRO — The military and civilian leadership controlling Egypt in the wake of a popular revolution took several high-profile steps on Monday to reassure Egyptians that it shared their fervor for change and to signal to foreign leaders that the move to full civilian rule would be rapid....
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Egypt ETF Gains in Post-Mubarak Era Hobbled Without Free Market
By David J. Lynch, Bloomberg, February 21, 2011
...This is Egypt after the Feb. 11 fall of Hosni Mubarak, and if its future is uncertain, it has nonetheless drawn investor cheers as officials promise to pursue market-oriented policies. The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF, an exchange-traded fund that holds Egyptian shares, has risen 11.5 percent since Jan. 27, when the Egyptian Exchange was shut down as protests intensified.....
Comments
Funny, I didn't see a single sign in Tahrir Square reading, "Give me market-oriented policies or give me death!" Once again, the World Bank and IMF are setting out to tell the Egyptians what they really should want. The Bloomberg article gives me hope, though. Aside from that vague promise of "market-oriented policies," there's no sign that the interim govt. will try anything that further burdens or alienates the average Egyptian.
As for the NYT article, the naming of a Wafd Party official to the cabinet is sheer window-dressing. The Wafd is a tamed, spent ghost of a party that was historically important for decades but disbanded in the 1950s. The recent reincarnation has no deep roots.
I'm still waiting to see how real the outreach will be to the Tahrir Square leaders. BTW, the U.S. will be making a terrible mistake if it tries to freeze out the Muslim Brotherhood. The old blinkered approach (like snubbing the Brothers) is what got the U.S. into its current Mideast mess.
by acanuck on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 4:55pm