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Both Kristalina Georgieva and David Malpass the heads of the IMF and World Bank respectively face accusations that they presided over the manipulation of data for the Bank's 'Doing Business' index...
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When 16 African finance ministers including treasury chiefs from Egypt Ethiopia and Nigeria signed an open letter praising Kristalina Georgieva's leadership of the International Monetary Fund they were taking her side in what has become an institutional and personal battle with her counterpart at the World Bank David Malpass...
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva says the Fund wants to 'magnify' the impact of the SDR allocation either by transferring some of the SDRs or budget loans...
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Vol 62 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
- G7
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva says the cumulative economic benefits by 2025 quite apart from the millions of lives saved would be $9 trillion...
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On 11 May IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said it approved a plan by member countries of the Fund to provide bridging loans to Sudan...
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva supported an unconditional SDR issuance 'to boost reserves of all members' when the Covid-19 pandemic broke but former US President Donald Trump and Mnuchin blocked the move with help from last year's G20 president Saudi Arabia (AC Vol 61 No 7 Third wave threatens the continent)...
Ncube's letter is addressed to David Malpass President of the World Bank Kristalina Georgieva managing director of the International Monetary Fund and Akinwumi Adesina President of the African Development Bank...
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Under Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva who has worked on development finance with the European Union the IMF has moved fastest to mitigate financing problems triggered by the pandemic in poorer economies...
Vol 61 No 7 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
The IMF wants a quick agreement and its Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is seeking approval from governments at its Spring meetings on 16-17 April to be held via video-conferencing...
International Monetary FundIn a conference call with the Group of 20 (G-20) finance ministers IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva argued that a debt-relief and financial aid package used during the Ebola epidemic provide a template for some of the most indebted countries...
On 31 March IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the fund was borrowing more from its members after the United States the biggest shareholder had backed a doubling of the borrowing ceiling...
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