International development

BELGRADE/KOPAONIK- International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission head James Roaf is delighted with the organisation and the quality of discussions at the just-concluded 24th Kopaonik Business Forum.

This was the best moment for the IMF as a financial group to appear at the Kopaonik Business Forum, Roaf told Tanjug.

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LONDON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has said the arrangement with Serbia was among the most successful in recent history, Vladimir Krulj, chief economist in Serbia's negotiating team for EU accession, has told the BBC World Service in London.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has reiterated that Greece's mountainous debt needs restructuring.

Speaking to French newspaper Le Parisien, Lagarde insisted that the IMF can only join the Greek program if Athens implements more reforms and the country's debt is made manageable.

BELGRADE - Serbia's economic programme continues to deliver strong results and fiscal performance continues to over-perform programme targets, International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission head James Roaf said following a visit to Belgrade.

"Growth picked up to 2.8 pct in 2016, with rising investment, exports, and employment," he said in a statement published on the IMF website.

Serbia’s economic program continues to deliver strong results and fiscal performance continues to over-perform program targets.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission head James Roaf said this following a visit to Belgrade, Tanjug reported.

The Serbian government's current program has exceeded all expectations in terms of economic growth, says head of the IMF mission for Serbia James Roaf.

"Investment, employment and fiscal adjustment, but it is early to declare it a success, as Serbia has still much to do, he wrote in an op-ed published by the weekly NIN.

The Serbian government's current program has exceeded all expectations in terms of economic growth, says head of the IMF mission for Serbia James Roaf.

"Investment, employment and fiscal adjustment, but it is early to declare it a success, as Serbia has still much to do, he wrote in an op-ed published by the weekly NIN.

An IMF delegation "did not have any objections to the implementation of the agreed reforms" in her ministry, Zorana Mihajlovic has said.

According to the minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, this is "especially in the sectors of railway, roads and cadastre."

An International Monetary Fund team has initiated discussions with the Serbian government on the reform program.

Its findings will be announced on March 6, after the conclusion of its visit to Belgrade, Tanjug has been told at the IMF's Washington headquarters.

The IMF has praised "the outstanding results that the Serbian government has achieved in 2016 in all segments of the agreed reforms."

This is especially true of "the domain of fiscal policy," the Serbian government announced on Monday.