Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since October 2019. January 2017 to September 2019, Chief Executive Officer, World Bank, during which also served as Interim President of the World Bank for three months. Previously served as European Commission Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources and as Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. 1993-2010, she held a number of senior positions at the World Bank, including as Vice-President and Corporate Secretary in 2008, as Director for Sustainable Development, Director for the Russian Federation (based in Moscow), Director for Environment, and Director for Environment and Social Development for the East Asia and Pacific Region. PhD in Economic Science and MA in Political Economy and Sociology from the University of National and World Economy, Sofia. 1977-1993, Associate Professor, University of National and World Economy, Sofia. Former Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A year ago, the world changed. While the pandemic’s effect on workers has varied worldwide, the new reality has left many mothers scrambling. With schools and daycares closed, many were f...
As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to climb back from the worst recession in peacetime since the Great Depression.
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The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress.
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La cuarentena y el distanciamiento social son la receta adecuada para luchar contra el impacto del COVID-19 sobre la salud pública, pero para proteger la economía mundial se necesita exac...
While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19’s public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy.
Where are all the women? It is a question we shouldn’t have to ask in 2020. But we do. Why? Because there are simply too few women in leadership positions all over the world. On the eve o...
We all recognize that the situation with the spread of the coronavirus is very serious and could well get worse. This affects us all. Let me start with what we know and what we don’t yet ...
