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IMF Chief Risks Weakened Authority After China-Linked Probe

Georgieva found to have influenced report when at World Bank
IMF head denies allegation; fund’s ethics panel to investigate

WATCH: The World Bank says IMF’s Georgieva applied pressure to boost China’s position in a ranking of economies when she was working at the lender. Eric Martin reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Eric Martin and Shawn Donnan

September 17, 2021 at 12:45 AM UTC

Updated on

September 17, 2021 at 8:52 AM UTC

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Kristalina Georgieva risks seeing her authority as head of the International Monetary Fund undermined just weeks before an annual meeting of global finance chiefs, after being accused of influencing a report in China’s favor when she worked at the World Bank.