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Economic Outlook Middle East and Central Asia

Falling Oil Prices Pose Challenges for Middle East, North Africa

  • January 21, 2015

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  • 05:21

The steep decline in oil prices presents new economic realities for oil-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa, says Masood Ahmed, as the IMF releases its update of the latest outlook for the region.

  • Masood Ahmed, Director IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department
  • Maureen Burke, IMF Communications Department