Big promotion by economist Gita Gopinath at IMF, 5 reasons for it
New Delhi:
Indian-American Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, has been promoted to First Deputy Managing Director, or FDMD, after current FDMD Geoffrey Okamoto announced she would be leaving early this year. next.
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Ms. Gopinath has been the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, for three years. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, praised Ms Gopinath’s contribution to the IMF as exceptional, especially her “intellectual leadership in helping the global economy and the Foundation navigates the twists and turns of our worst economic crisis.
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Ms. Gopinath – the first female Chief Economist at the IMF – has earned respect and admiration in member countries and institutions with a proven track record of leading rigorous analytical work on a wide range of issues. topic, said IMD CEO.
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Under Gopinath’s leadership, the IMF’s Research Department has gone from “strength to strength”, and notably her recent work on planning to end the COVID-19 crisis by how to set immunization targets for the world at a cost that is feasible, says Georgieva.
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Given the increasingly complex policy choices and difficult trade-offs faced by the IMF’s 190 member countries – exacerbated by the pandemic – some realignment of roles and responsibilities IMF senior management team is being implemented.
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In particular, Ms. Gopinath will lead on oversight and related policies, oversee research and leading publications, and help promote the highest quality standards for IMF publications. of the global organization said.