01689cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF010374 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451929201 0047-083X BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 16. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (16 pages) IMF Survey <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet IMF Survey; IMF Survey ; No. 0031/016 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/023/0031/016/023.0031.issue-016-en.xml IMF e-Library