christine lagarde

The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, urges Asia to tweak its growth model, but it’s not clear Boao’s delegates fully accepted her message.

Urgent action is need in the eurozone, while China “loses out” by not attending the meetings, the IMF head tells reporters in Tokyo ahead of the 2012 IMF-World Bank gathering this week.

Results from our web poll hint that the cosy arrangement that once dictated leadership of the IMF and the World Bank is under pressure from China and other emerging-market countries, but unlikely to change.

Continuity rather than tradition should guide the choice of IMF managing director to help resolve Europe's sovereign debt crisis.