Location: Middle East & North Africa

Palestinian NGOs reject Red Sea-Dead Sea canalIMF labours its point on job market “flexibility”Iran moves to normalise relations with World BankPilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP)Forest Investment Program (FIP)Clean Technology Fund (CTF)Western financial prescription has made Turkey illEgyptian government temporarily halts IMF loan negotiationsTunisian street reacts to IMF loanHow the IMF and global finance are trying to block a democratic examination of Tunisia’s debtYear 2 of the Tunisian revolution: Private profit vs public interestIMF push for MENA subsidy reformsDancing on hot sand: Egypt and the IMF loanArjaan EbrilCan Egypt’s Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?Austerity programs found sapping democracy, human rights in the Middle EastThe illusion dispelledEgypt, the IMF and austerity: The unholy trinity?Egypt opposition qualms stall IMF loan deal