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Proper ministerial decision-making body would force countries to reach agreement
As president, Ajay Banga has given the World Bank the highest ambition and clear targets, but reality rarely cooperates. He is trying to drum up support from business and banks. This week in Washington, the Bank must convince wealthier countries to back its mission with more money — but runs the risk of the Annual Meetings being overshadowed by strife over conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East
With political tensions gripping the world economy and threatening to squeeze even tighter, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva has her work cut out at this week’s annual meeting. If the IMF is to remain relevant and capable, she must strike deals that countries of different political hues and degrees of wealth can live with
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