The Fund and the Bank are equally culpable and should own up to their responsibilities. The Budget may not be the 'best' but at least it is attempt by the new SoS for Finance to start searching for answers to the hard questions posed by the inhospitable monetary and fiscal climate. Beola, I hope Gassa will post the 2004 Budget soon. Remember it was read last Friday 19th December. Yusupha, not that it makes much difference but it is worth noting that Mr. Deen is still the MD of GPA. Happy Holiday Season. Sidi Sanneh ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: [>-<] Gambia's Economic Situation Worriesome for IMF _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~