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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks as Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and President of the World Bank Group Ajay Banga look on during the IMF/World Bank 2026 Annual Meetings at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand, October 12, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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A worker cleans next to the logo of the 2026 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, ahead of the meeting at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), in Bangkok, Thailand, October 9, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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FILE PHOTO: A view of the logo of the International Energy Agency in Paris, France, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 15, 2026. REUTERS
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"AI Artificial Intelligence" words, a keyboard and a robotics hand in this illustration taken, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
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People carry a BRICS Business Forum 2026 billboard to place outside Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the upcoming 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, September 11, 2026. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary
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Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries attend a plenary session in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., August 31, 2026. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe
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FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 15, 2026. REUTERS
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FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
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FILE PHOTO: Corn plants affected by hot weather and a lack of rain stand on a farm in Chivilcoy, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Matias Baglietto/File Photo
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