An industry in jeopardy. The urban economics of the jewelry industry in Khan Al-Khalili cluster in Egypt

This research focuses on the external and internal factors affecting the industry and its economics, which have contributed to the shrinking of trade and consumption in the cluster. Competition arising from Gulf countries, Egyptian government’s regulations, socio-economic and political conditions as well as urban factors constitute main sources of pressure on the industry preventing it from developing and eventually pushing it into a crisis.