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  "title": "IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Creates External Advisory Group",
  "publication": "IMF News, April 10, 2020",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 20/147",
  "publishDate": "2020-04-10",
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      "heading": "Announcement",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 20/147\n- Date: April 10, 2020\n- Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), convened a new External Advisory Group to provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues.\n- The group’s convening emphasized input on policy responses to the exceptional challenges related to the novel coronavirus and its economic impact."
    },
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      "heading": "Purpose and mandate",
      "content": "- Provide perspectives from high-level policy, market, and private sector experience to enhance the Fund’s ability to serve its membership.\n- Offer insights on key developments and policy issues in a rapidly evolving global environment.\n- Provide informal reactions to IMF ideas and approaches.\n- The Managing Director stated the need for “top-notch input and expertise from the widest range of sources, inside and outside the Fund.”"
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      "heading": "Membership",
      "content": "- The members of the Managing Director’s External Advisory Group are:\n  - Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister of Nigeria\n  - Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of Singapore and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore\n  - Ms. Kristin Forbes, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n  - Mr. Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia\n  - Lord Mark Malloch Brown, former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General\n  - Mr. Feike Sijbesima, Honorary Chair, DSM, Former CEO, Royal DSM\n  - Mr. Raghuram Rajan, Professor, University of Chicago\n  - Ms. Ana Botín, Group Executive Chairman, Santander\n  - Ms. Carmen Reinhart, Professor, Harvard University\n  - Mr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser, Allianz\n  - Mr. Scott Minerd, Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Investments\n  - Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Chair of ActionAid International"
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      "heading": "Operations and engagement",
      "content": "- Meeting frequency: The External Advisory Group will meet a few times a year with:\n  - the IMF’s Managing Director,\n  - Deputy Managing Directors,\n  - and a sub-set of IMF department Directors.\n- Engagement format: dynamic discussions to gain insights and receive informal reactions to IMF ideas and approaches."
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      "heading": "Media contact",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER:\n  - Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n  - Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n  - @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: IMF press release dated April 10, 2020 (Press Release No. 20/147).\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/bios/kristalina-georgieva\n- Australia and the IMF\n- Nigeria and the IMF\n- Singapore and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2020/04/10/pr20147-imf-managing-director-kristalina-georgieva-creates-external-advisory-group"
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    "Published: April 10, 2020",
    "Press Release No. 20/147",
    "Date: April 10, 2020",
    "Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), convened a new External Advisory Group to provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues.",
    "The group’s convening emphasized input on policy responses to the exceptional challenges related to the novel coronavirus and its economic impact.",
    "Provide perspectives from high-level policy, market, and private sector experience to enhance the Fund’s ability to serve its membership.",
    "Offer insights on key developments and policy issues in a rapidly evolving global environment.",
    "Provide informal reactions to IMF ideas and approaches.",
    "The Managing Director stated the need for “top-notch input and expertise from the widest range of sources, inside and outside the Fund.”",
    "The members of the Managing Director’s External Advisory Group are:",
    "Meeting frequency: The External Advisory Group will meet a few times a year with:",
    "Engagement format: dynamic discussions to gain insights and receive informal reactions to IMF ideas and approaches.",
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