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No agreement in sight with the IMF

Published on 27.03.2004 at 14:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

The IMF has posed several conditions before opening negotiations with the Djibouti authorities.

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Djibouti No agreement in sight with the IMF

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Djibouti
No agreement in sight with the IMF

Djibouti
Time for a break with Dubai

Spotlight | Djibouti
Tax exemptions et al

Djibouti
IMF OBJECTIVES

France, The Indian ocean islands
BNP-I RESULTS FOR 1993

Spotlight | Djibouti
THE CARROT AND THE STICK

Spotlight | Madagascar
TIMETABLE FOR AN ECONOMIC RELAUNCH

Madagascar
STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

Spotlight | South Africa
GATT TALK

Spotlight | Kenya
BACK TO NORMAL RELATIONS WITH IMF

Comoros islands
SERIOUS ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE FINANCES

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Djibouti
ALARMING BUDGET DEFICIT

Spotlight | Kenya
A POST-ELECTORAL CHALLENGE

Mauritius
WORK PERMITS DEREGULARISED

Spotlight | Madagascar, Mozambique
INDIAN OCEAN: THE HIGH PRICE OF SKILLS

Africa, France
FRENCH AID FOR WIDE RANGE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS