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As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
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Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
IMF's Jihad Azour on what to do when we exit the coronavirus crisis
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
From Tehran to Tangiers, there is a devastating toll on human health. Some 140,000 people across the region have been infected with the coronavirus, thousands have died and thankfully tens of thousands have recovered. Meanwhile, the pandemic is causing significant economic turmoil in the region through the twin shocks of disruption to trade and production and plummeting oil prices. The International Monetary Fund says the priority is to save lives as the Middle East and North Africa region face the toughest fight in 100 years. What does the rest of 2020 look like for the region?
Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, are joined by the IMF's Jihad Azour, director for Middle East and Central Asia, and a former Lebanon finance minister, to discuss.
In this episode:
Mustafa and Kelsey on economy (0m 42s)
IMF's Jihad Azour on outlook and response (2m 05s)
Headlines (22m 54s)
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• Middle East's coronavirus fight is biggest challenge 'in the last 100 years', IMF's Jihad Azour says
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