IMF Executive Board to Hold Informal Meeting on April 27 to Discuss Next Steps in Consideration of Candidates for the Post of Managing Director of the IMF

Thomas Dawson, Director of the External Relations Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today:

"Executive Directors of the IMF have agreed to hold an informal meeting on April 27, 2004 to discuss the next steps in the Board's consideration of the candidates for the post of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund."