If a surging economy could solve all ills, Egypt might be the brightest spot in an increasingly grim Middle East. Its gdp is growing by 7% a year. Foreign direct investment is up sixfold since 2003. In the year to last June, the value of Egypt's commodity exports, excluding energy, leapt by nearly a half. With a capable team now running economic policy, a gear-shift towards the kind of sustained performance may lift the most populous Arab country, with its 79m-odd people, into mild prosperity.
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