Report: Donor Countries Say Lebanon Government Reforms 'Insufficient'
Authorities in Lebanon are struggling at this delicate economic stage to take various reformative steps in order to reduce the budget deficit, and to promote economic and financial efforts in an attempt to give some positive signals to the international community, the group of donor countries and international institutions, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.
However, these countries and institutions, led by France and the World Bank, are unconvinced that the reforms undertaken by the Lebanese authorities are sufficient, according to information obtained by the daily.
They believe that the Lebanese government “is trying to circumvent reforms through some reformist headlines,” it added.
It said the French government has not encouraged the visit of a senior Lebanese official to Paris to discuss investment and economic affairs, linking it to the need to achieve real reforms approved by the authorities.
Source: Naharnet
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