Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 17

25-Apr-2011

REGIONAL

IMF May Lend $35Bn To Unrest-Hit MENA Countries

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) could lend $35bn to oil importing countries in the MENA region that have been hit by popular uprisings, revealed its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. We have a mission coming back from Egypt, another from Tunisia and of course we stand ready to help on the technical assistance side, but also on the financing side, he said in press...