After years of talks, indebted Arab states and the IMF are at an impasse
They need loans, but have good reasons to balk at the terms
THE IMF likes to say it will never walk away from the negotiating table. If a country needs a bail-out, talks have no deadline. A few countries seem determined to put this promise to the test.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Don’t care too much for money”
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