IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 16

Author: International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.

George T. Abed, a Palestinian and a Jordanian national, took over this summer as Director of the IMF's Middle Eastern Department. In his distinguished 20-year career at the IMF, he has worked on the Middle East and on fiscal policy issues worldwide. Outside the IMF, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and managed a development assistance foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. Laura Wallace spoke with him about the region's prospects amid political tensions and difficult economic challenges. Besides modernizing the state and liberalizing the region's economy, he stressed the paramount importance of democracy, human development, and attention to social needs.

Volume/Issue: Volume 0031 Issue 016

Publication date: January 2002

ISBN: 9781451929201

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Summary

George T. Abed, a Palestinian and a Jordanian national, took over this summer as Director of the IMF’s Middle Eastern Department. In his distinguished 20-year career at the IMF, he has worked on the Middle East and on fiscal policy issues worldwide. Outside the IMF, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and managed a development assistance foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. Laura Wallace spoke with him about the region’s prospects amid political tensions and difficult economic challenges. Besides modernizing the state and liberalizing the region’s economy, he stressed the paramount importance of democracy, human development, and attention to social needs.