Middle Eastern countries are facing one of the greatest challenges ever seen in addressing the coronavirus-related slowdown, long-term structural problems and low oil prices, according to the IMF.
Jihad Azour, director of the IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department, said responses by governments had failed to prevent economies suffering from low oil prices, in both oil and non-oil-producing countries.
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