Beirut
The head of the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in charge of the Lebanese file, ended a mission of several days in Beirut with a clear observation: the “dislocation
of the economy”
is extremely serious.
In the absence of funding, “
the entire public sector is practically at a standstill
”;
inflation is in three digits;
growing poverty and Lebanon "
risks sinking into an endless crisis".
Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo, recognizes that the Lebanese case is
"unique"
in the world, "
as much by its complexity as by the extent of the losses which are calculated in multiples of the GDP".
But he reiterates that the alternative does indeed exist: the one that was the subject of a technical agreement with Lebanon, in order to pave the way for an IMF program accompanied by a credit facility of 3 billion dollars, almost a year ago, on April 7, 2022.
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Yet
"despite the gravity of the situation, which requires immediate and decisive action, the implementation of all economic reforms...
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