Verheijen

BELGRADE - Serbia could get into the top 20 of the World Bank Doing Business list by the end of the current government's term, Tony Verheijen, World Bank Country Manager for Serbia, said Wednesday.

BELGRADE - What is most important to the World Bank (WB) is for the Serbian government to respect the deadline and remove the protection from creditors' claims against the remaining 10 enterprises in restructuring by May 31, World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen said in Belgrade Thursday.
    

A World Bank entrepreneurship survey has shown that Serbian citizens believe it is too risky to start a business.

World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen said this on Monday, advising that the government continues making effort to simplify administrative procedures and make starting a business easier for people.

"Spending cuts will have no effect without growth"

KOPAONIK -- World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen says the fiscal consolidation will not yield results by itself unless it is followed by economic growth.

KOPAONIK - World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen has said that the fiscal consolidation will not yield results in Serbia just by itself, if not followed by an economic growth.

At the Kopaonik Business Forum, Verheijen said that the fiscal consolidation is not a goal unto itself, but rather a means for achieving the real objective-economic growth.

BELGRADE - A World Bank (WB) loan to support Serbia's budget could be granted in February or March 2015, and it will be discussed after the country's economy minister comes out with a plan for the 502 enterprises on the privatization list, World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen has said.

BELGRADE - The World Bank (WB) could approve to Serbia grants-in-aid worth several hundred thousand dollars for the repair of the damage, said World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The World Bank (WB) will approve a USD 250 million loan for Serbia’s budget if the restructuring of state-run enterprises begins by the summer of this year, World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen has said.

KOPAONIK - The World Bank (WB) will start negotiations with the new Serbian government on a USD 250 million loan towards budgetary support as soon as reform laws are adopted and a restructuring of 153 state and socially-owned companies is initiated, Tony Verheijen, the World Bank Country Manager for Serbia, told Tanjug on Tuesday.