Reports of his being rounded on by eurozone counterparts decrying his "amateurish" ways at a summit meeting on 24 April, appear only to have rallied support.
Yet, although even the IMF is crying out for the classic Keynesian boost to infrastructure spending, there is precious little sign of a favourable response from policymakers, especially in the beleaguered eurozone.
We have a mandate for a sustainable solution within the eurozone Yannis Dragasakis Athens is in a race against the clock to unlock €7.2bn (£5.3bn) in rescue loans the EU and IMF have refused to disburse until the government delivers a convincing package of reforms.
Greece's recently elected leftwing-led government has so far failed to present a package of reforms to the IMF and its eurozone partners that those creditors deem serious enough to unlock the remaining bailout funds.
Further ahead, economists warn that a €7.2bn package would merely buy some time for Athens but by no means guarantee Greece could remain in the eurozone – something polls suggest most Greeks want.
"The result will be growing chaos in Greece, and discord and disarray in the eurozone in the coming months".
"In fact, it could be the first time in years that the eurozone actually outperforms the US economy – at least in one single quarter," he said.
Greece's crisis talks with international creditors have made slow progress and fears remain high that it could default on its debts, precipitating Athens' departure from the eurozone.
He added that Athens would need to ask eurozone partners for help with the equipment and the training.
Yanis Varoufakis, the flamboyant Greek finance minister, wrote to Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister and head of the eurogroup, and laid out seven proposed reforms of the Greek economy before Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.
Greece's embattled finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, stepped up his war of words with eurozone policymakers on Thursday, saying he wished his country still had the drachma, and would not sign up to any bailout plan that would send his country into a "death spiral".
