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Africa: IMF's MD arrives in Africa tomorrow
Daily Trust (Abuja)
January 08, 2007

http://allafrica.com/stories/200701080929.html

International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Mr. Rogrigo deRato will Tuesday visit Africa to discuss the problems facing the continents.

The visit will afford him the opportunity of directly hearing from African policy makers and opinion leaders on the best way the Fund can be of support to the continent towards reducing poverty.

In a press statement issued at the weekend, the Fund said: "the forth coming visit to Africa will provide Mr. de Rato with the opportunity to meet with central African leaders and representatives of the private sector and civil society regarding the challenges facing Africa.

Hearing first-hand from policy makers and opinion leaders will provide the IMF with valuable insights on how best it an best it can support its members countries in their effort to reduce poverty and enhance growth."

He will also attend the inauguration ceremony of the Central Africa Regional Technical Assistant Centre(AFRITAC) in Libreville Gabon after which he will then travel to Yaoundé Cameroon to "discuss how the Fund can help Cameroon attain its growth and poverty reduction objectives." AFRITAC was established to provide capacity-building assistance in the areas of the Fund's activities through a team of experts.

This new centre is to serve the six countries of Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa - Cameroon, Chad, The Central Africa Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo as well as Burundi and the Democratic republic of Congo.

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