VOL. XLIV

No 46

12-November-2001

LEBANON

IMF Says Lebanon Faces FormidableEconomic Challenges

The slowdown in economic growth inLebanon which has contributed to a fall in real per capita GDP is related notonly to the slowdown in residential housing construction and governmentreconstruction but also to the very large and persistent macroeconomicimbalances, the loss of competitiveness, and structural and administrativeimpediments, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its latest...