{"id":679378,"date":"2025-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?p=679378"},"modified":"2025-12-31T03:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:48:16","slug":"alam-el-roums-proceeds-played-a-big-part-in-paving-the-way-for-imf-review-approvals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/31\/alam-el-roums-proceeds-played-a-big-part-in-paving-the-way-for-imf-review-approvals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alam El Roum\u2019s proceeds played a big part in paving the way for IMF review approvals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Egypt has received the USD 3.5 bn cashbased portion of the <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/9d35c52c-bfb7-45b7-84a2-df50aafc5653\/qatar-to-invest-usd-29.7-bn-in-north-coast-project\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Alam El Roum<\/a><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/9d35c52c-bfb7-45b7-84a2-df50aafc5653\/qatar-to-invest-usd-29.7-bn-in-north-coast-project\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">development agreement from Qatari Diar<\/a><\/strong>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/1438986788271737?ref=embed_post\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the cabinet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>While the <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3d504a87-5e19-4eab-b95d-3f289427e42f\/no-more-buts-as-imf-signs-off-on-key-reviews-of-our-usd-8-bn-assistance-package\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">IMF\u2019s recent staff-level agreement<\/a><\/strong><strong> emphasized broad fiscal discipline, a senior government official tells us <\/strong><strong>that the receipt of this specific Qatari inflow was the catalyst <\/strong>required to satisfy the Fund\u2019s requirements regarding foreign currency buffers and the closure of financing gaps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>As part of the Finance Ministry\u2019s commitment to deleveraging, the government will <\/strong><strong>allocate 50% of these proceeds toward the direct reduction of public debt.<\/strong> The remaining half will be channeled into the Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s foreign reserves to provide an additional buffer against external shocks \u2014 carrying on with a blueprint laid out with last year\u2019s Ras El Hekma agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>(** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proceeds were 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