Letter to IMF Executive Board Re: Urgent Need for Anti-Corruption Measures in IMF Response to COVID-19 Crisis

IMF Executive Board 700 19th Street NW Washington, DC 20431 Re: Urgent need for anti-corruption measures in IMF response to COVID-19 crisis Dear members of the IMF Executive Board, We hope this letter finds you and your loved ones well and healthy in this unprecedented context. The COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to one of the most challenging crises the global community has faced in our lifetimes. As the IMF has already recognized, the world has entered a recession as bad or worse than in 2008/9, and its effects are only starting to be felt. In the words of Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva,…

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