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<\/a> Egypt wants World Bank and IMF to include the parallel economy in GDP:<\/b> Egypt\u2019s central bank wants the World Bank and IMF to include the informal economy in the calculation of the country\u2019s GDP and other economic indicators, Reuters reports<\/a>. \u201cWe are seeking support to quantify the informal sector and recognize it in the overall size of our GDP,\u201d Central Bank Deputy Governor Gamal Negm said during a fintech conference in Abu Dhabi. The informal sector makes up 40-50% of the country\u2019s GDP, Negm said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt wants World Bank and IMF to include the parallel economy in GDP: Egypt\u2019s central bank wants the World Bank and IMF to include the informal economy in the calculation of the country\u2019s GDP and other economic indicators, Reuters reports. \u201cWe are seeking support to quantify the informal sector and recognize it in the overall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,348,272,2412,2380,321],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-604818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-gdp","tag-imf","tag-informal-economy","tag-speed-round","tag-world-bank","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2387f14b-78ef-4044-b495-cc58b7bf916c","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"b071e831-7f28-42ee-a454-e4beb834f618","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[604806],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt seeks World Bank, IMF support to include \u201cinformal sector\u201d in GDP - 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