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nohaelshoky

Finance minister expects to get IMF loan by end-June | Egypt Independent - 0 views

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    Egypt's government expects to seal a loan from the International Monetary Fund by 15 May, allowing the money to be disbursed before a new president is sworn in at the end of June, Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said on Thursday. "We expect to get approval of the IMF loan before 15 May," Saeed told reporters in Cairo.
philip rizk

NewsWires : euronews : the latest international news as video on demand - 0 views

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    "If we hear solid partners on the ground say, I am not too sure about this program, not too sure about the IMF, not too sure about borrowing, it is a bit of an issue.""
philip rizk

The Hidden Costs of Egypt's IMF Loan | Al Akhbar English - 0 views

  • The Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt issued a statement Thursday opposing the IMF loan and questioning the lack of information about “the extent to which the Egyptian economy needs this massive amount of dollars.” The group protested that there had been no discussion of alternative ways of financing public spending, adding that the government had obtained foreign loans amounting to $6 billion over the past year without any democratic oversight. Governments appointed by the military since the revolution had also borrowed record amounts from Egyptian banks, it said, and “it is not known how they were spent.”
nohaelshoky

UPDATE 1-Egypt finmin expects to get IMF loan by end-June - 0 views

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    Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:59am EDT * Minister confident loan will be sealed next month * Muslim Brotherhood won't accept loan without new terms or govt, due in June * IMF had made broad political support a condition CAIRO, April 12 (Reuters) - Egypt's government expects to seal a loan from the International Monetary Fund by May 15, allowing the money to be disbursed before a new president is sworn in at the end of June, the country's Finance Minister Mumtaz al-Saeed said on Thursday.
Ahmed Badawi

Egypt asked IMF for $3.2 bln in support: minister - 1 views

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    The unelected Government of Egypt requests $ 3.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund.
philip rizk

Egypt donors say they want IMF accord first: PM | Top News | Reuters - 0 views

  • "Arab and Western countries have tied their assistance to Egypt to an agreement with the IMF," Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri told a news conference
nohaelshoky

Economic Crisis in Egypt: Enter the IMF - 0 views

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    Economic Crisis in Egypt: Enter the IMF Mohsin S. Khan discusses why Egypt has reluctantly turned to the International Monetary Fund for help and the outlook for negotiations to rescue its economy. Transcript of interview recorded February 1, 2012. © Peterson Institute for International Economics.
philip rizk

The Solution Is More, Not Less Europe « iMFdirect - The IMF Blog - 0 views

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    "sovereign debt crisis"
Ahmed Badawi

Uprising costs Egypt $9.79 billion: Geopolicity Report - Economy - Business - Ahram Online - 0 views

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    Egypt's Revolution has cost the country, up to September, US$9.79 billion, according to a report issued by consultancy group Geopolicity. Titled "The cost of the Arab spring & Roadmap for G20/UN support", the report shows results of a costing exercise undertaken by Geopolicity, based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It accounts for the impact of productivity losses on GDP and public finance, but excludes losses to human life, infrastructure damage and business and foreign direct investment losses. The near 10 billion dollars shed by Egypt are divided among the $4.27 billion cost to GDP and $5.52 billion in lost public finances.
nohaelshoky

SCAF has not raised Egypt's foreign debt ceiling, so far: Official - Economy - Business... - 0 views

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    SCAF has not raised Egypt's foreign debt ceiling, so far: Official The IMF may yet ink a $3 billion loan deal with Egypt despite disagreements between the country's military and finance and planning ministries over foreign borrowing, an insider tells Ahram Online Salma Hussein, Thursday 27 Oct 2011 The current visit of an IMF delegation to Cairo could end up yielding a loan agreement, a finance ministry official has told Ahram Online on condition of anonymity.
nohaelshoky

Egypt may resume talks on financing from IMF (Dec 15th 2011) - 0 views

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    Dec 15th
nohaelshoky

Arab civil society rejects IFI involvement (Bretton Woods Project) - 1 views

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    "the Bank tends to threaten rather than improve food security " Breaking Up? A Route Out of the Eurozone Crisis 13 January In late June, the Egyptian Ministry of Finance turned down a $3 billion loan package from the IMF, citing the rejection as a response to "public debate".
nohaelshoky

"الحرية والعدالة" يتراجع عن رفض الـ 3.2 مليار دولار.. ويعد قانونا جديدا للضرا... - 0 views

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    بعد جدل الحكومة والبرلمان الذى رافق وجود بعثة صندوق النقد الدولى فى القاهرة، مطلع الأسبوع الجارى، حول شروط القرض وتوقيته، أصدر الصندوق بيانا عن نتائج أعمال بعثته إلى مصر، أمس، قال فيه إن الأحزاب السياسية التى التقى ممثلوها فى البرلمان البعثة أبدت "تفهمًا للحاجة إلى معالجة التحديات الاقتصادية على المدى القصير، واتِّباع الإصلاحات التى يمكنها المساعدة على تحقيق نمو أعلى"، بينما شدد الصندوق مجددا على "ضرورة تحقيق الدعم الواسع للبرنامج الحكومى لضمان تطبيقه الناجح فى الفترة التالية للانتقال السياسى"، فهمى عبده، عضو لجنة الخطة والموازنة فى مجلس الشعب، كشف من ناحيته عن موافقة البرلمان على "السير فى إجراءات القرض المزمع تقديمه من صندوق النقد الدولى لمصر"، وأضاف النائب البرلمانى عن حزب الحرية والعدالة لـ"التحرير" أن "تلك الموافقة لا تعنى السحب فعليا بالضرورة من المبلغ المخصص للقرض (3.2 مليار دولار أمريكى)، موضحا أنها موافقة مبدئية فقط تعنى فقط السير فى إجراءات القرض"، على حد تعبيره.
nohaelshoky

CADTM - Tunisia: Call for the immediate suspension of debt repayment - 0 views

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    Tunisia urgently needs to marshal all of its financial resources to meet immediate needs, including extreme poverty, benefits for the unemployed, improving workers' material conditions, etc. Meanwhile, we're getting reports of foreign initiatives to develop an emergency "aid" package for Tunisia, including 17 million euros from the European Commission and 350,000 euros from the French state.
nohaelshoky

وزير المالية: صندوق النقد سيرد علينا بخصوص القرض قبل 15 مايو.. ونسقنا مع الحر... - 0 views

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    محمود نجم أكد وزير المالية، ممتاز السعيد، أن صندوق النقد الدولى لم يفرض أى شروط على الحكومة المصرية ونفى ما نشر من تقارير صحفية حول اشتراط الصندوق إقرار موازنة العام المالى المقبل قبل الموافقة على القرض، موضحا خلال افتتاحه لمقر البورصة المصرية الجديد فى القرية الذكية امس، أنه "لا دخل للصندوق بالموازنة من قريب أو بعيد".
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    محمود نجم أكد وزير المالية، ممتاز السعيد، أن صندوق النقد الدولى لم يفرض أى شروط على الحكومة المصرية ونفى ما نشر من تقارير صحفية حول اشتراط الصندوق إقرار موازنة العام المالى المقبل قبل الموافقة على القرض، موضحا خلال افتتاحه لمقر البورصة المصرية الجديد فى القرية الذكية امس، أنه "لا دخل للصندوق بالموازنة من قريب أو بعيد".
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