IMF to visit Jamaica
Jamaica's Finance and Planning Minister Dr Peter Phillip
Fri, February 03, 2012 - 3:12 PM
A TEAM from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Jamaica later this month to carry out an Article 4 evaluation of the country.
Finance and Planning Minister Dr Peter Phillips, who made the announcement on Wednesday, said the Government would hold detailed discussions with the IMF on a programme for the country.
"In the interim, a Jamaican team will visit Washington and hold talks with the fund and other multilaterals on February 17," Phillips told members of the diplomatic corps at the Courtleigh Hotel.
The finance minister said the administration would be com-pleting "our economic programme for submission shortly to the IMF and start the negotiations".
Phillips said the main plank of the immediate overall strategy of the Government was to work out a new arrangement with the IMF.
"This is vital if we are to access the critical multilateral and bilateral funding support that we need. It is also vital for our engagement with the international capital market," he added.
- Editor's Choice
- Most Read Stories Today
- Two shots at Olympic glory
- Tino recalled to Windies squad
- Cahn wait for St Lucia Jazz Festival
- Trusted hand to hold
- LEFT OF CENTRE: Choose to leave the past behind
- 29 clubs for ACI swim meet
- Good year for CGI
Recent Comments
- D. Stoute commented on Wrong!
- Pan Wallie commented on Think twice!
- wayne husbands commented on Payne: Scary comments by Sir Roy
- dirty okra commented on Not our money
- Bim Bum commented on ALL AH WE IS ONE: The divide
_medium-135x135.jpg)
Share your thoughts
Please sign in or register to post your comments.