For World Bank and IMF Heads, Weak Outlook Means Big Agenda
At spring meetings Christine Lagarde calls for fiscal and monetary stimulus to boost growth; Jim Kim stresses World Bank role in alleviating the refugee crisis.
Craig Mellow
April 15, 2016
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group, speaks at a news conference during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 14, 2016. Risks to global financial stability are rising as growth slows and commodity prices fall, posing the danger of an eventual stagnation in credit that saps world output, the IMF said yesterday. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Jim Yong Kim
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
