World Bank to Back Tunisia, Signals Worry on Egypt Currency

Pedestrians pass among market stalls in Cairo.

Photographer: Sima Diab/Bloomberg
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The World Bank is hashing out its approach to Tunisia and Egypt as two of the most distressed sovereigns in the broader Middle East look for external financing in the face of relentless pressure on their economies.