Kristalina Georgieva News

Srinivasan, an Indian national, has more than 27 years of Fund experience Krishna has also helped to nurture the careers of many Fund staff as a coach and mentor Georgieva said over the years, he has built an outstanding reputation as a first-rate collaborator

Georgieva said she disagreed "fundamentally with the findings and interpretations" of the report. The World Bank Group on Thursday canceled the entire "Doing Business" report on business climates. The WilmerHale report cited "direct and indirect pressure" from senior staff in Kim`s office to change the report`s methodology to boost China`s score.

In a blog message posted on the IMF website, Georgieva said, “The year 2020 could see worst global economic fallout since the Great Depression in the 1930s.’’

Speaking here at the WEF 2020, she also said the world appears a better place in January 2020 compared to what it was when IMF announced its World Economic Outlook in October 2019.

"In the last three decades, India's per capita income has quadrupled. I have no doubt India when it hits its century of independence in 2047," Georgieva said. 

Georgieva is going to inspect the operations of the World Bank-supported suburban rail system in Mumbai during her India visit.

Russia on Thursday raised questions after Bulgaria formally presented its European budget commissioner Kristalina Georgieva as its candidate to be the next UN secretary-general, diplomats said.

Bulgaria switched on Wednesday its support from UNESCO chief Irina Bokova to European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva as its candidate for UN secretary-general, potentially shaking up the race.

The sudden announcement by Russia that it will shelve the huge South Stream gas pipeline project shows the need for the EU to find new energy sources, European Commission vice president Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday.