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Related Topics World » Tunisia » Egypt » Libya » By Annika Breidthardt and Catherine Bremer MARSEILLE, France | Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:41am EDT MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Group of Eight finance chiefs pledged $38 billion on Saturday in financing to Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan over 2011-13, widening a deal agreed in May and offering Libya the chance to partake too. The IMF promised a further $35 billion in funding to countries affected by Arab Spring uprisings and formally recognized Libya's ruling interim council as a legitimate power, opening up access to a myriad of international lenders as the country looks to rebuild after a six-month war. G8 chair France said the figure agreed at talks in the Mediterranean port of Marseille was roughly double a sum agreed in May, when the eight economic powers met in the northern French seaside town of Deauville. In Marseille, the original Arab Spring partnership was extended to Jordan and Morocco. Finance Minister Francois Baroin said that Libya, whose National Transitional Council was represented at the talks, had also been invited to join the so-called Deauville Partnership. "The institutions pledged to increase their financial network to $38 billion compared with the $20 billion pledged at Deauville," Baroin told a news conference. "These are not just words, an important step was taken this morning." Getting IMF recognition is significant for Libya's interim leaders as it means international development banks and donors such as the World Bank can now offer financing. "Libya attended this meeting as an observer and I'm very pleased to report that the IMF now recognizes the interim governing council as the official government of Libya," IMF chief Christine Lagarde told a separate news conference. "In this context the fund will stand ready to help the authorities through all the services the fund provides. I will be sending a team in the field in Libya as soon as security is appropriate for my people to be on the ground," she said, adding there would be a focus on aiding oil-exporting countries. WARY OF AID-DEPENDENCE The Marseille talks came a few days after world leaders agreed in Paris to free up billions of dollars in frozen assets to help Libya's interim rulers restore vital services and rebuild after a conflict that ended a 42-year dictatorship. The financing deal by the Group of Seven major economies plus Russia is aimed at supporting reform efforts in the wake of uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. The financing is mostly in the form of loans, rather than outright grants, and is provided half by G8 and Arab countries and half by various lenders and development banks. It includes $10.7 billion put up by the World Bank, $7.6 billion from the African Development Bank, $5.0 billion from the Islamic Development Bank and more from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and other lenders. International financial institutions at the G8 talks warned of the challenges faced by Arab Spring countries trying to tap external finance while faced with high risk perceptions and social and financial strains at home. Officials called for enhanced access to developed country markets for North African and Middle Eastern products and labor to avoid aid dependency and help build up the private sector. The Deauville initiative was set up under France's G8 presidency to help countries swept up in the Arab Spring foster democratic reforms by making aid and development credits conditional on political and economic reforms. G8 officials discussed the economic challenges faced by countries like Tunisia, Egypt and Libya and agreed to ramp up trade and open markets between the region and the developed world. The EBRD is taking a lead role as it extends its lending mandate to encompass countries affected by the Arab Spring. Delegations taking part in Saturday's G8 meeting included representatives of Libya's ruling interim council, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey. Regional bodies present included the Arab monetary fund, the Arab fund for economic and social development and the OPEC's fund for international development, OFID. (Editing by Mike Peacock) World Tunisia Egypt Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (2) brian-decree wrote: And so the financial enslavement begins… Get in there while there’s Caos and vulnerability, while there’s no stable government and lock these newly free countries into economic enslavement. The cycle continues… Why are there so few details? Why are these ‘finance cheifs’ unnamed? Because they are the same controversial financial empires that control OUR economies, and our politics. The international central banking cartels. Who are these financial ‘cheifs’, where in a world where EVERY Government is in debt… they can lend Billions of dollars every day??? They are the people who PRINT our money. The Central Banks. And no, they are not public assets, they are entirely private organizations, who have never been audited or investigated. They control the availability of money, and thus the fate of our economies. Every single honoured and famed American Politician and forefathers of the very country and constitution itself spoke of these Cartels with a language reserved ONLY for the Hitlers and Bin Ladens of this world. Look up the quotes, they reveal the real world we are living in. As a very wise expert once comically remarked. “Its called the federal reserve, but it’s neither federal nor does it have any reserves…” They print money out of nothing, causing inflation for the commoners, and lend this magically created money out and charge interest on it. Look up your countries ‘central’ / ‘federal’ or ‘reserve’ banking act. The IMF is nothing more than the modern day attempt to globalize this system of central control to financially enslave the entire world, nothing less… They have an appalling record and should not be facing sexual harassment charges like strauss Khann, they should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity! If you want to know how the economy REALLY works, watch ‘the moneychangers’. It is a historical “quote” based documentary. Sep 10, 2011 6:32am EDT -- Report as abuse brian-decree wrote: I would expect ANY investigative reporter / reporting organization, to fully investigate this ‘first contact’ plan from the west to determine it’s intentions towards these now vulnerable, unstable states. The citizens of those countries need to know what kind of backdoor deals their interim governments are making and what the implications of these deals are on their vulnerable constitutions, currently under construction. 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