Tag: IMF

IMF: Algeria Still Undergoes Major Difficulties Due to Lower Oil Prices

June 4, 2017

Algeria continues to face important challenges posed by lower oil prices, says the International Monetary Fund Executive Board after concluding Article IV consultation with the ... Read More

IMF: Morocco Still Qualifies For $3.4 Bln PLL

May 17, 2017

The International Monetary Fund has reaffirmed Morocco’s continued qualification for the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) Arrangement after a first review of its executive board. ... Read More

London Hosts International Conference on Somalia

May 11, 2017

United Kingdom government hosted May 11 a major international conference in London, to accelerate progress on security sector reform, build on the international response to ... Read More

IMF Urges MENA Countries to Diversify Economy

May 2, 2017

The International Monetary Fund has urged countries of the Middle East and North Africa to diversify their economies and implement policies that support jobs and ... Read More

IMF: Tunisia Feeble Growth Threatens Macroeconomic Stability

April 18, 2017

The Tunisian economy continues to suffer from major difficulties, including high external and fiscal deficits, increasing debt, while growth is too low to reduce unemployment, ... Read More

Algeria Struggles to Catch up with Neighbors on Islamic Finance

April 13, 2017

Battered by the oil price slump, the underdeveloped banking sector in Algeria sees new financing sources in Islamic finance to tap into the huge informal ... Read More

IMF Expresses Concern over Impact of Lower Oil on Algerian Economy

March 21, 2017

“Algeria continues to face important challenges posed by lower oil prices (…) and growth in the nonhydrocarbon sector slowed under the effects of spending cuts”, ... Read More

Algeria’s Foreign Reserves Shrink to $112 Bln

March 7, 2017

In a pessimistic tone that bodes ill for Algeria’s economic prospects, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal announced yet a new slump in the country’s foreign ... Read More

Tunisia on Verge of Bankruptcy as IMF Freezes Loan

March 2, 2017

The International Monetary Fund has postponed the second tranche of a loan worth $350 million to Tunisia because of a lack of progress in reforms ... Read More

IMF Chief Lauds Morocco’s Restructuring Reforms

February 13, 2017

Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde lauded Morocco for the efforts it undertook to restructure its economy. In an interview with weekly magazine, ... Read More