Yahya Shunnar
Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority
I’m hoping we can move forward in the coming 4-5 months to pass [the banking reform] law. That will be actually a breakthrough because then we can move onwards to organize an agreement, a program with the IMF.
Yassine Jaber Finance minister, Lebanon
[On Hezbollah's plan to pay homeowners for war damage:] For them, even, it’s beyond their means. The reconstruction is in billons of dollars. I don’t think either the government or any local player can deal with that.
Yassine Jaber Finance minister, Lebanon
Sometimes you take a medicine that will cure you, but maybe you don’t like the taste, but you have to take that medicine. Lebanon needs today all those [IMF-advised] reforms, and we are very determined to move forward with these reforms.
Yassine Jaber Finance minister, Lebanon