Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since October 2019. January 2017 to September 2019, Chief Executive Officer, World Bank, during which also served as Interim President of the World Bank for three months. Previously served as European Commission Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources and as Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. 1993-2010, she held a number of senior positions at the World Bank, including as Vice-President and Corporate Secretary in 2008, as Director for Sustainable Development, Director for the Russian Federation (based in Moscow), Director for Environment, and Director for Environment and Social Development for the East Asia and Pacific Region. PhD in Economic Science and MA in Political Economy and Sociology from the University of National and World Economy, Sofia. 1977-1993, Associate Professor, University of National and World Economy, Sofia. Former Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Women with young children have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 lockdowns. The IMF suggests four ways policymakers can help mothers.
Unequal access to COVID-19 between richer and poorer nations could cause a 'Great Divergence' in economic recovery, writes IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva.
Head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva explains what the international community must do to help low-income countries through the pandemic.
El África subsahariana tiene la población más joven, lo que pone de relieve la oportunidad económica, pero también la urgencia de avanzar hacia un futuro más sostenible y resistente.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the youngest population, highlighting the economic opportunity, but also the urgency to build toward a more sustainable and resilient future.
COVID-19 está impactando a las mujeres y amenazando con revertir el progreso en el cierre de la brecha económica de género, pero con las políticas adecuadas esto puede ser mediado, dice e...
Las medidas fiscales de unos 11 billones de dólares han puesto un piso bajo la economía mundial. Pero se necesitan más medidas, escribe Kristalina Georgieva del FMI.
COVID-19 is impacting women and threatening to reverse progress in closing the economic gender gap, but with the right policies this can be mediated, says the IMF.
Fiscal measures of about US$11 trillion have put a floor under the global economy. But further action is needed, the IMF's Kristalina Georgieva writes.
Los datos económicos indican claramente que la pandemia podría dar lugar a un aumento significativo de la desigualdad de ingresos. El FMI ha esbozado cómo los gobiernos pueden ayudar a pr...
Economic data strongly suggests the pandemic could lead to a significant rise in income inequality. The IMF has outlined how governments can help prevent this.
Kristalina Georgieva, FMI, sobre la respuesta al coronavirus.
The IMF has published policy recommendations to guide governments through the financial chaos of COVID-19. Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says coordinated action is key.
On the eve of International Women's Day, Kristalina Georgieva and Louise Levonian discuss female leadership within the IMF, and what more can be done to promote it both internally and ext...
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, writes about the economic implications of COVID-19 and how they're responding to ease the burden on low-income economies.
