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First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto to leave IMF, Gita Gopinath to be IMF’s new First Deputy Managing Director
By Raphael Anspach | Dec 3, 2021
The IMF said today that First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) Geoffrey Okamoto will leave the Fund early next year and that Gita Gopinath, currently the IMF’s Chief Economist, is proposed to be the Fund’s new First Deputy Managing Director.
IMF staff concludes visit to Serbia
By Raphael Anspach | Oct 22, 2021
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Jan Kees Martijn, held virtual and in-person meetings with the Serbian authorities during October 11 – 22, 2021, to discuss progress under the PCI.
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath to return to Harvard University
By Raphael Anspach | Oct 20, 2021
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today that Gita Gopinath, the Fund’s Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department, intends to leave the Fund in January 2022 and return to Harvard University’s Economics Department as planned when her public service leave ends.
IMF team and Ukraine’s authorities reach staff-level agreement on the first review of the stand-by arrangement
By Raphael Anspach | Oct 18, 2021
An International Monetary Fund staff team led by Ms. Ivanna Vladkova Hollar conducted remote discussions with the Ukrainian authorities on the country’s Stand-By Arrangement from September 21 to October 18.