Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Tarek Amer has been granted the award of best governor in the Middle East and North Africa from Global Markets, a paper of record of the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The prize was awarded to Amer during a ceremony held at the conclusion of the WB/IMF talks in Washington in the presence of a host of world banking figures.

Addressing the event, Amer stressed that Egypt has overcome a critical stage of crucial importance for economic reforms. He thanked the CBE staff for efforts they did to realize this achievement.

He offered the award to the Egyptian people for their support of the economic reform measures.

Amer asserted the importance of going ahead with these reforms to fix the imbalance that undermined the Egyptian economy for several years