Financial Stability / Financial markets
Kristalina Georgieva: "We can survive inflation, we can survive recession; but we cannot survive an unmitigated climate crisis." (IMF photo)
With shock upon shock hitting the world economy in the last three years, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's customary opening speech to the Annual Meetings warned of a darker global outlook and emphasized the need for the world to come together to deal with the consequences. The speech was delivered to an audience of students at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and presided over by Dean Joel S. Hellman and Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia. Transcript
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA is the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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