Yerevan/Mediamax/. International Monetary Fund (IMF) highly assesses the anti-crisis program of the Armenian government.

Mediamax reports that the Head of IMF Mission in Armenia Guillermo Tolosa stated today that if there were not the measures of the government, the Armenian economy would be in far worse situation today. Commenting on the statement of the Armenian Prime Minister on toughening control over reporting of large enterprises, Guillermo Tolosa noted that tax administration and collection of taxes have always been in the center of IMF attention.

“Level of tax collection is low and we are ready to render assistance to increase these indices”, Head of IMF Mission in Armenia stated.

Guillermo Tolosa also touched upon the external debt of Armenia, noting that it has significantly increased over the past year and will continue increasing. At that he expressed confidence that starting from 2010, external debt of Armenia will start reducing.

Speaking about the forecasts for this year, Head of IMF Mission noted that GDP growth in Armenia will make 1.8%, and inflation – 6.2%.