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Egypt's three-day economic conferenceReader comment on item: Hunger Growls in Egypt Submitted by PezDispenser (Israel), Mar 17, 2015 at 14:50 Is this false optimism or a significant improvement?: "In all, more than $70 billion were signed off as investments, construction projects, grants and loans, with another $90 million pledged in memos of understanding..." http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/03/16/Billions-of-dollars-for-Egypt-vindication-for-Sisi-.html Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Daniel Pipes replies: I'll believe it when I see it. These conferences notoriously overstate the good intentions. Reader comments (24) on this item
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