{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Institute For MENA Stability","provider_url":"https:\/\/menastability.org\/en","author_name":"Mustafa","author_url":"https:\/\/menastability.org\/en\/author\/mustafa\/","title":"Tunisia and Egypt: The IMF Trap Door - The Institute For MENA Stability","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RCRI7BiN9x\"><a href=\"https:\/\/menastability.org\/en\/africa\/egypt\/tunisia-and-egypt-the-imf-trap-door\/\">Tunisia and Egypt: The IMF Trap Door<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/menastability.org\/en\/africa\/egypt\/tunisia-and-egypt-the-imf-trap-door\/embed\/#?secret=RCRI7BiN9x\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Tunisia and Egypt: The IMF Trap Door&#8221; &#8212; The Institute For MENA Stability\" data-secret=\"RCRI7BiN9x\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/menastability.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/menastability.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-22.png","thumbnail_width":1160,"thumbnail_height":1056,"description":"Two of North Africa\u2019s largest economies are caught in different stages of the same structural problem. Egypt is deep inside an IMF programme that has delivered macroeconomic stabilisation at significant social cost. Tunisia has rejected the IMF\u2019s terms and is improvising an alternative path built on domestic borrowing and central bank financing. Neither approach is producing the kind of broad-based economic recovery that either country needs, and both are generating political risk that extends well beyond their borders."}