International Monetary Fund townhall meeting to welcome a new First Deputy Managing Director, David Lipton, to the management team. Taken in Washington D.C. on September 01, 2011.

<p><em>David
Lipton, Acting Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in
this statement issued on July 21 following his meeting with the Prime Minister
of Pakistan, Imran Khan, confirms the Fund’s preparedness to partner Pakistan
for economic reform</em><em></em></p>



<p>“I was
pleased to meet Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan today in Washington, DC. </p>



<p>We discussed recent economic
developments and the implementation of the authority’s economic reform program
supported by the IMF. Their program aims to stabilize the economy, strengthen
institutions, and thereby put Pakistan on a path of sustainable and balanced
growth. I highlighted the need to mobilize domestic tax revenue now and on into
the future to provide reliably for needed social and development spending,
while placing debt on a firm downward trend.</p>



<p> ;“The
IMF, together with other international partners, is working closely with the
government of Pakistan to support the implementation of the authorities’
economic reform program.”</p>

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