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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-IMF sees "good progress" on loan deal for Egypt
Reuters
Mass social unrest in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia has cut tourism throughout the Middle East and North Africa, while the crisis in Europe has cut remittances and dampened capital flows into the region. Turning to Egypt's neighbor, ...

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/4
VietNamNet Bridge
This year, by mid-March, tuna exports to two African nations, Tunisia and Sudan, reached record highs, increasing by 809.9 per cent, to US$797000, and 729.8 per cent, to US$1.19 million, respectively. Other major export markets also grew, including the ...

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Kleptocracy in Ethiopia By Ewnetu Sime
Abugidainfo
It is no secret Ethiopia is the largest aid recipient in Sub-Saharan Africa and one of the four largest recipients (3 billion per year), millions of dollars are pouring to the country through remittances by Diaspora. The majority citizen living style ...

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Morocco: Economic Prospects affected By Travails in Europe
Morocco Board News Service
Chicago / Morocco News Board--- Morocco may have avoided the unrest last spring when the Arab governments in Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt fell, but the new Islamist government has been greeted with public outcries, as protestors demand government jobs and ...

US Official Remarks on Challenges Facing Region
AllAfrica.com
While Tunisia has charted impressive political progress, the government's ability to meet post-revolution socio-economic growth targets is strained by lost remittances, diminished production, and plummeting tourism and exports.

EBRD-Euro crisis is big threat to emerging Europe
Reuters
... in turn support non-commodity exporters such as CIS that depend on Russia for exports and remittances. Set up in 1991 to invest in the ex-Communist states of eastern Europe, the EBRD is expanding its mandate to Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Jordan.

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