CRO NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR ATTENDS IMF CONFERENCE IN U.S.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Hina) - Croatian National Bank governor Marko Skreb will attend an international three-day conference on problems in and results of transition organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Institute and beginning in Washington on Monday. Participants will discuss a variety of topics, such as assessing progress in transition, market development, social protection, openness for foreign capital, and more effective government organisation. IMF Institute director Saleh Nsouli said the organisers' intention is to hear about various countries' experience and simultaneously enable their representatives to hear others' experience and IMF experts' opinions. Representatives of participating countries, the IMF, and eminent experts will try to consider the possibility for countries in transition, which in the first phase succeeded in achieving macroeconomic stability, to head towards recovery and sustainable economic growth. During his week-long stay in the United States, Skreb will hold separate talks with World bank and IMF officials. He is also expected to hold several meetings at the U.S. Department of Finance and the central bank. (hina) ha