I shared my outrage and incomprehension over these figures with her (Yes, sadly in taking coffee with attractive young women on the weekend, I remain unable to have light conversation. I am afraid she only puts up with it because she wants to bed me and my handsome passport. I remain coy. Ha. Besides, otherwise we have to talk about her hair or some boring nonsense � or I end up talking to her fetching white but too tight and full shirt, better to get wound up on macro-economic data and entrepreneurship. Save me from making my life more complex.), and I believe rather got something of a window on the thinking � perverse, conservative and risk-averse � behind these otherwise completely incomprehensible numbers.

Regardless, this year's report appears to be as interesting, although the completely awful graphics and mildly retarded layout seem to have been retained. It appears the Office of the Chief MENA Economist at WB is filled with people to proud to outsource their publication work to actual publications people.

In the alternative, they have retarded Egyptians working on the publication, given the document shows the typical sensibilities of things published in Cairo.