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  "title": "Press Release: Statement at the Conclusion of the Visit by IMF Director Masood Ahmed to Egypt",
  "publication": "IMF News, January 7, 2013",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 13/06",
  "publishDate": "2013-01-07",
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      "heading": "Visit and meetings",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 13/06\n- Date of visit and statement: January 7, 2013\n- Mr. Masood Ahmed, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), visited Cairo on January 7, 2013.\n- During his visit, Mr. Ahmed met with:\n  - President Mohamed Morsi\n  - Prime Minister Hisham Kandil\n  - Central Bank of Egypt Governor Farouk El Okdah\n  - Finance Minister Al-Mursi Hegazy\n  - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf Al-Araby\n  - other officials"
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      "heading": "Statement — key findings and commitments",
      "content": "- Productive discussions were held with President Morsi, Prime Minister Kandil, and Egypt’s economic team on the economic and financial challenges facing the Egyptian economy.\n- The authorities expressed:\n  - their firm commitment to articulate and implement a homegrown macroeconomic program that enjoys broad support and addresses these challenges.\n  - their request for financial support from the IMF for such a program.\n- The IMF remains committed to support Egypt in:\n  - addressing its increasing economic challenges\n  - moving to a more inclusive model of economic growth through a socially-balanced homegrown program\n- Mr. Ahmed was encouraged by the authorities’ commitment to take steps necessary to achieve fiscal and external sustainability."
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    {
      "heading": "Next steps",
      "content": "- Agreement reached that an IMF technical team would visit Cairo in the coming weeks to resume discussions on possible IMF financial support."
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      "heading": "Contact information (IMF External Relations Department)",
      "content": "- IM F unit: IMF EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT — Public Affairs — Media Relations\n- E-mail: publicaffairs@imf.org\n- E-mail: media@imf.org\n- Fax: 202-623-6220\n- Phone: 202-623-7100\n\nSource: IMF press release dated January 7, 2013.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Arab Republic of Egypt and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr13222203"
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    "Published: January 7, 2013",
    "Press Release No. 13/06",
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    "Mr. Masood Ahmed, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), visited Cairo on January 7, 2013.",
    "During his visit, Mr. Ahmed met with:",
    "Productive discussions were held with President Morsi, Prime Minister Kandil, and Egypt’s economic team on the economic and financial challenges facing the Egyptian economy.",
    "The authorities expressed:",
    "The IMF remains committed to support Egypt in:",
    "Mr. Ahmed was encouraged by the authorities’ commitment to take steps necessary to achieve fiscal and external sustainability.",
    "Agreement reached that an IMF technical team would visit Cairo in the coming weeks to resume discussions on possible IMF financial support.",
    "IM F unit: IMF EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT — Public Affairs — Media Relations",
    "E-mail: publicaffairs@imf.org",
    "E-mail: media@imf.org",
    "Fax: 202-623-6220",
    "Phone: 202-623-7100",
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