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The IMF Assessment Mission in Bucharest Comes to an End

The head of the IMF mission to Bucharest, Erik de Vrijer, says the progress made by Romania is not sufficient.

The IMF Assessment Mission in Bucharest Comes to an End
The head of the IMF mission to Bucharest, Erik de Vrijer. Photo: Archive.

Articol de Radio România Internaţional, 30 Ianuarie 2013, 17:21

The joint IMF, European Commission and World Bank assessment mission to Romania has ended, but the head of the IMF mission to Bucharest, Erik de Vrijer, says the progress made by Romania is not sufficient.

He will forward to the IMF board the request of the Romanian authorities to extend the ongoing precautionary agreement by 3 months, because Romania failed to comply with a number of commitments and still has to implement a number of structural reforms.

The Romanian government has pledged to take a number of measures by the end of June, including reducing arrears, making state-owned companies more efficient, privatising the Freight Division of the Romanian Railways Company, listing 15% of the shares in the Transgaz company on the market and starting listing procedures for the newly set up Oltenia National Energy Company.

Efforts will also be made to step up the appointment of professional managers at the helm of public companies.

The head of the IMF mission says economic growth is not possible without comprehensive reforms.

The representatives of the country’s international lenders have also pointed out that Romania can no longer rely on massive inflows of direct foreign investments to boost its economic growth, which is estimated at 1.5% in 2013.

Erik de Vrijer has insisted that Romania has to rely instead on its own efforts to obtain economic growth and that there are promising opportunities to achieve that.

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