VOL. XXXVI

NO. 1

5-OCTOBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

Lebanon Needs Administrative/Financial Reforms to Attract Foreign Aid

Last week's visit to Beirut by a World Bank mission is not likely to lead toa prompt flow of foreign financial assistance to Lebanon for reconstruction,according to local bankers. The mission's job was to assess the level of aidneeded to reconstruct the country's infrastructure - water, electricity,telecommunications, sewage, transport, health and...