date:Sep 25, 2013
verage prices contribute the largest amount to Egypt's consumer price index (CPI), which recorded an average of 9.4 percent over the last ten years, a sign of continuous price rises. Fruit and vegetables are not included among the subsidised foods that the government supplies to Egyptians through a ration card system. Rationed food reaches around 69 million people out of a population of 90 million.
The only way for the governmental authorities to stop traders manipulation is to revive mandatory