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​International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers remarks on the global economy ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025.
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World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings kick off amid AI transformation and global instability

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings are kicking off in Washington, DC, this week, against a backdrop of global disruption and uncertainty.

​IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks to the media during an International Monetary and Financial Committee press briefing on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
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IMF and World Bank close annual meetings with urgent call for fragile economies

At the plenary session concluding the International Monetary Fund and World Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, on Friday, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made clear there was no time to rest. Although wealthy countries seem likely to achieve the much-vaunted “soft landing” — reducing inflation without a recession — geopolitical, climactic, and fiscal risks are putting great strain on the world’s most vulnerable economies.

A damaged section of a highway in Nuwakot, central Nepal
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Devastation in Nepal and China after flash flood, Tanzania’s political infighting tests its political stability, French presidential candidates face off in first debate

A massive wall of mud and rock crashed into a river along Nepal’s Himalayan border with Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept away bridges, destroyed buildings, swamped roads, and killed over 300 people.