Lebanon reaches tentative deal with IMF on economic policies


              FILE - Beggars sit in front of shops that close for ever after the economy crisis, at the commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7,  that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
            
              FILE - People pass next of a woman, center, who is sits on the ground with her daughter begging on Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7, 2022, that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
            
              In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with the delegation of International Monetary Fund, left, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
            
              FILE - Beggars sit in front of shops that close for ever after the economy crisis, at the commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7,  that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
            
              FILE - People pass next of a woman, center, who is sits on the ground with her daughter begging on Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7, 2022, that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
            
              In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with the delegation of International Monetary Fund, left, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
            
              FILE - A man uses an ATM outside a closed bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 21, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7,  that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
            
              In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, meets with World Bank Regional Director Saroj Kumar Jha, at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country.(Dalati Nohra via AP)
            
              FILE - Drivers wait in a long line to get fuel at a gas station in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7, 2022,  that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar, File)
Lebanon reaches tentative deal with IMF on economic policies