The Minister of Finance, Yassine Jaber (center, background), during the round table on reconstruction on Friday at the headquarters of the World Bank (WB) in Washington. Photo released by the Ministry of Finance.
Signs of change are becoming evident. During the joint press conference held with the Saudi finance minister, Mohammad al-Jadaan, on Friday, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, took the opportunity to mention Lebanon — an unsolicited remark made after responding to a question about Syria.Though brief, the exchange with journalists confirmed what had been felt since the previous day: Lebanon's recent vote on a law amending bank secrecy, compliant with the IMF’s prerequisites, had indeed shifted the mood of the country’s interlocutors during this week's spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington. Read more Bank secrecy: Lebanon finally adopts comprehensive reform to satisfy IMF “There was indeed some tension in the room before this vote of Parliament,” Finance Minister...
Signs of change are becoming evident. During the joint press conference held with the Saudi finance minister, Mohammad al-Jadaan, on Friday, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, took the opportunity to mention Lebanon — an unsolicited remark made after responding to a question about Syria.Though brief, the exchange with journalists confirmed what had been felt since the previous day: Lebanon's recent vote on a law amending bank secrecy, compliant with the IMF’s prerequisites, had indeed shifted the mood of the country’s interlocutors during this week's spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington. Read more Bank secrecy: Lebanon finally adopts comprehensive reform to satisfy IMF “There was indeed some tension in the room before this vote of Parliament,”...