1 minute ago by Reuters1 minute ago by Reuters1 minute ago by Reuters1 ReadFILE PHOTO: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during the IMF and World Bank’s 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of Finance Ministers and Bank Governors in Washington, D.C., on October 17, 2019. REUTERS/File Photo/Mike Theiler PARIS, France (Reuters) – As industrialized and poor countries work to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the director of the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday of a “dangerous divergence.” Strong growth in wealthier countries like the United States, according to Kristalina Georgieva, is “excellent news,” but poor vaccination rates in developing countries are holding them back. “That is a threat to growth coherence as well as global stability and security,” she said at the Paris Peace Forum. Matthias Blamont and Emma Farge contributed reporting./n
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