Arab economy conference kicks off tuesday in Cairo

A conference on Arab economy will be held in Cairo as of Tuesday to debate ways of improving Arab economies performance and competitiveness in a global market.

The meeting will discuss several economic issues, including economic integration and globalization, and ways to promote investments in technology, communications and transport to increase Arab states' ability to communicate with international markets and transport goods and services through borders.

Evaluating the current situation of Arab economy, studying the international economy environment, strategies of building a strong Arab economy, and high quality self-building Arab economy are among the topics to be debated by the conference that also features several workshops.

The conference, organized by the Egyptian "Al-Mansoora University," in cooperation with the Arab League, and a number of economic research centers, and Arab and European organizations, will be attended by businessmen, investors, experts, researchers and university professors.