VOL. XLI

No. 30

27-July-1998

GENERAL

IMF's Chabrier On MENA Performance

In an interview with Survey of 6 July 1998, the weekly bulletin of theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Paul Chabrier, Director of the IMF's Middle EasternDepartment, said that the impact of the Asian crisis on the MENA region was moderate andthat MENA countries may even benefit from it by improving their awareness of the need forfinancial sector structural reforms, diversification and a decreased dependence on oil...