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Economy
11/2/2024 3:13:49 PM
The IMF's Regional Economic Outlook (REO) report, specifically focused on the Middle East and Central Asia, forecasts that Egypt’s inflation rate will decelerate to a notable 16 percent by the conclusion of the fiscal year 2024/2025, which ends in June 2025.
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Economy
10/24/2024 11:04:27 PM
Jihad Azour, director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), stated that the overall financing needs for this year are going to be around $286 billion, which is almost $6 billion higher compared to last year for the whole region.
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International
7/9/2024 11:07:12 AM
Central Asian countries on Tuesday held joint drills with land, naval and air forces, for the first time without regional powers Russia and China.
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International
7/4/2024 4:41:41 PM
The leaders of China and Russia on Thursday urged their allies and partners to resist malign external influence, advancing their shared anti-Western agenda at a regional summit in Central Asia.
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International
7/3/2024 12:03:26 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be meeting for the second time in as many months as they visit Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances.
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Economy
4/18/2024 8:55:57 PM
Egypt’s overall debt to GDP is expected to decline to 82.6 percent of GDP in 2025, from over 90 percent in 2024, and will continue to shrink under the country's loan program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the IMF, Jihad Azour, told Ahram Online.
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International
3/26/2024 11:22:18 AM
The alleged involvement of four Tajiks in a deadly attack in Moscow has shaken Tajik society, highlighting the risks posed by Central Asia's jihadist legacy.
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Economy
2/25/2024 9:43:36 PM
There is no connection between increasing the value of Egypt’s upcoming loan from the International Monetary Fund and the possibility of receiving refugees from Gaza in case of an Israeli attack on the city of Rafah, Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the IMF said on Sunday.
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Economy
1/31/2024 6:55:56 PM
Jihad Azour, director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told Ahram Online that Egypt's GDP growth rate could increase by 5-6 percent if the government allows the private sector to play a leading role in Egypt's economy and reconsiders the role of the public sector.
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Economy
1/31/2024 2:50:16 PM
The Red Sea crisis will further elevate public sector gross financing needs for most emerging markets and middle-income countries in MENA, especially Egypt and Tunisia, stated the Regional Economic Outlook (REO) report on the Middle East and Central Asia.
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International
11/9/2023 3:50:36 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan Thursday to cement Moscow's ties with its old ally, while Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi criticised the West over the Israeli war on Gaza, during the 16th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit in Uzbekistan.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/17/2023 8:26:22 PM
As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings finished last week in Marrakesh, Director of the fund’s Middle East and Central Asia Department Jihad Azour discussed Egypt’s economic priorities with Nevine Kamel in Marrakesh
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Economy
10/12/2023 4:57:31 PM
It is necessary and critical for Egypt to adopt a flexible regime for its exchange rate in order to protect its economy from the external shocks that are continuing to emerge, Jihad Azour, the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told Ahram Online.
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International
9/1/2023 3:37:19 PM
Kazakhstan's leader on Friday called for a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country marked by the legacy of devastating Soviet nuclear tests.
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Region
8/30/2023 7:37:18 PM
Kyrgyzstan said Wednesday that it had repatriated 95 wives and children of jihadists from detention camps in Syria, in the third such operation by the Central Asian country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/29/2023 7:27:00 PM
A new alliance with Central Asian countries opens up new economic and security horizons to the Gulf.
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World
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International
7/9/2023 2:33:01 PM
Polling stations opened in Uzbekistan at 8:00am (0300 GMT) Sunday for a presidential election set to hand the incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the Central Asian state.
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World
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Region
6/30/2023 2:52:26 PM
Iran will be formally approved as a member of the regional Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with China, Russia and Central Asian countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
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International
6/8/2023 5:30:24 PM
Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader launched an "unprecedented" anti-smoking crusade Thursday, ordering the Central Asia country to rid itself completely of tobacco within two years.
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World
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International
5/30/2023 8:01:44 PM
Kyrgyzstan will host the second European Union-Central Asia Summit on Friday, head of the foreign policy department of the presidential administration of Kyrgyzstan Muratbek Azymbakiev said Tuesday.
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