Kristalina Georgieva: Leading the IMF, Navigating Global Crises and Strengthening Cooperation

Hi everyone, I'm Nikola Tangen from the Norwegian Sovern Wealth Fund and today I put on a tie because I'm in really good company with Kristalina Georgieva. Wonderful to be with you. Now Kristalina is the managing director of IMF, the International Monetary Fund. And you are known for your visionary leadership and the way you have been advocating for really important, bold, long-term reforms. So let's just start with the beginning here.

IMF, what is it? Well, the IMF was created um towards the end of the Second World War, together with the World Bank. to help countries recover after the war and to put in place institutions that can stabilize the financial system. Our mandate, macroeconomic and financial stability for growth and employment. We have a membership of 191 countries.

In fact, over the last years we got true new members, small countries, Andorra and Liechtenstein. That's good. And how do you help these companies? What we do for our members is first help them to see the world economy from one vantage point.

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