Linda Van Gelder

Maintaining the macroeconomic stability and fully implementing the reforms required to tackle the basic structural deficiencies of the Serbian economy will be the main challenge for the economic policy, says Sebastian Sosa, head of the IMF Office in Serbia.

MT KOPAONIK - World Bank Regional Director Linda Van Gelder said on Monday Serbia had achieved fantastic financial results that were a solid foundation for stabilisation and economic recovery.

BELGRADE/VIENNA - Western Balkan countries need a new model of growth based on higher productivity and investments, higher exports and a higher share of the private sector in the economy, the World Bank said Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with World Bank (WB) Regional Director Linda van Gelder on Monday to discuss WB projects in Serbia.

They focused on a project based on implementing government priorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Ivica Dacic on Monday met with a World Bank official to discuss the institution's projects in Serbia, the government has announced.

The first Deputy PM and foreign minister and World Bank Director for the Western Balkans, Europe and Central Asia Linda Van Gelder emphasized "a project based on the implementation of the priorities of the government of Serbia," an MFA statement said.

The World Bank has "praised the program of reforms that the Serbian government implemented and highlighted the importance of further progress on its EU path."

The World Bank has "praised the program of reforms that the Serbian government implemented and highlighted the importance of further progress on its EU path."