Kristalina Georgieva: "Let's reverse the dangerous divergence between rich and poor countries"

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva, who succeeded Christine Lagarde in 2019, gave an interview to five international newspapers including

Le Figaro

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The IMF will update its forecast on January 26.

Le Figaro.

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How does 2021 look for the global economy?

Kristalina GEORGIEVA.

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The year begins with an unprecedented race between the virus and the vaccine.

We are in the process of updating our growth estimates for 2020 and our forecasts for 2021. They paint a less gloomy picture than our last forecast for October, mainly thanks to the surprisingly large rebound in the third quarter.

We continue to face immense uncertainty about ending the health crisis and we will still face difficult times.

Internal and inter-country inequalities are increasing.

But there are tremendous opportunities for structural change.

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