Over 90 countries have approached the IMF for emergency aid—more than double the number that did so in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis. In an audio exclusive, AnneMcElvoy and ZannyMB talk to its managing director KGeorgieva
AS GOVERNMENTS around the world see their finances savaged by the pandemic, emerging economies are crying out for cash.
More countries are turning to the International Monetary Fund for support than at any point in its history. In an exclusive podcast interview ahead of its Spring Meetings, host Anne McElvoy and Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, ask IMF's head Kristalina Georgieva how it intends to
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