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World Bank approves $3 billion loan: cooperation minister
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A man is silhouetted against the logo of the World Bank at the main venue for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meeting in Tokyo October 10, 2012. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The minister said the loan would help the government secure economic growth.
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The World Bank has approved a $3 billion loan for Egypt, to be disbursed over the next three years, International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said in a statement on Thursday.
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Nasr said the loan had a maturity of 35 years and carried an annual interest rate of 1.68 percent.
Egypt's economy has suffered from political turmoil since an uprising toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Billions of dollars in financial support from Gulf Arab allies have helped keep the economy afloat.
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