Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation

25/09/2024 20 min
Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation

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Episode Synopsis

With all the instability within the Middle East and North Africa region of late, Egypt has nonetheless managed to reign in soaring inflation and win its largest-ever foreign investment. Egypt’s efforts to restore macroeconomic stability in recent years have led to an arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility for Egypt, which makes available US$820 million to help support its reform agenda. Ivanna Vladkova Hollar leads the IMF’s work in Egypt. In this podcast, she says that while stabilizing its economy is positive, Egypt’s next big step is an economic transformation that will lift its private sector. Transcript: https://bit.ly/4efXuzH Learn more about the IMF’s work in Egypt at IMF.org/Egypt