Kristalina Georgieva

The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday said the global lender needed more resources to help heavily indebted countries, citing a highly uncertain global economic outlook and a growing divergence between rich and poor…

AUWAL IBRAHIM MUSA  The public health and economic emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic presents Nigeria and the world with a challenge unparalleled to any other in the living memory of most. It is evident that Nigeria is poorly…

 Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), today convened a new external advisory group to provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues, including policy responses…

The International Monetary Fund sees the world economy suffering its worst recession since the Great Depression this year, with emerging markets and low-income nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia at particularly high risk. The…

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday rejected economically devastated Venezuela's request for a $5 billion loan to help it cope with the onslaught of coronavirus on the country that an aid agency warned is as prepared as war-torn…

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday nominated former IMF official Antoinette Sayeh to become a deputy managing director at the Fund. Sayeh, a Liberian national, was director of the IMF’s African…

Coronavirus fears weighed on global stock markets Thursday as investors took profits despite China reporting a big drop in new cases and easing borrowing costs to cushion the epidemic's economic impact. Traders have been betting on…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director in Beijing to extended his welcome for Georgieva’s first visit to China as IMF chief. Xi said global economic…

UMORU ABDULKADIR The alarming rise of the debts profile of African countries has again attracted the International Monetary Fund, which its Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva decried, saying 40 per cent of African countries are…

World Bank on Thursday said it has commenced a process that will lead to the selection of a new president. The commencement of the process follows the sudden exit last Monday of the incumbent president, Jim Yong Kim, who announced he…