Accused of promoting China in a report when working at the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva said, Thursday, wait for a “quick resolution of the question”.
Le Monde with AFP
The Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, said, Thursday, 7 October, hoped for a quick decision of the board of directors of the institution, before which it refuted the accusations of manipulation of a report, of which it is suspected.
“I look forward to a rapid resolution of the issue, in a way that preserves the IMF and the World Bank as solid multilateral institutions, fulfilling their important missions in these unprecedented crisis times,” has -Do she stated in a press release.
The question of maintaining the head of the economic institution has been asked, since the publication, mid-September, the conclusions of a Wilmerhale Cabinet survey, conducted at the request of the World Bank Ethics Committee .
“Erroneous hypotheses”
This survey concluded with irregularities in the drafting of the 2018 and 2020 Editions of the World Bank’s “Doing Business” report. Kristalina Georgieva is suspected of having manipulated data in favor of China when she held a management position of the international monetary institution.
Wednesday, she explained, before the IMF Board of Directors, have “respected the integrity of the report”. She lamented the “inaccuracies and erroneous assumptions made by the authors of the report”.
This survey “does not accurately describe my actions with respect to [the report] Doing Business 2018, nor correctly realize who I am or the way I led myself during a long career Professional, “she added.
The IMF Board has been conducting, from these revelations mid-September, a “in-depth, objective and precise examination” of the situation, and met on Monday, representatives of the Wilmerhale law firm.
Following the publication of the Cabinet’s report Wilmerhale, the World Bank immediately announced that it would cease to publish the report “Doing Business” which was the subject of many criticisms on how it was realized.