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Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
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Kristalina Georgieva: The Long Ascent from the Depths of the Crisis

📅 Jan 01, 2026 IMF 14 MIN 44 VIEWS 21 SEGMENTS · 2 SPEAKERS
As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people and economies across the globe, the IMF and World Bank prepare for their second round of virtual meetings since the start of the crisis. In her customary curtain raiser speech, IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva says while next week's outlook will show a small upward revision to the 2020 global forecast, countries are facing what she calls "The long ascent"—a difficult climb that will be uneven, uncertain and prone to setbacks. TRANSCRIPT (https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/...)
Kristalina Georgieva 0:03 ↗
The global economy is coming back from the depths of the crisis, but this calamity is far from over. All countries are now facing what I would call the long ascent, a difficult climb that will be long, uneven, and uncertain.
Bruce Edwards 0:26 ↗
In this program, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva with a preview of the World Economic Outlook to be released next week during the virtual IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings.
Kristalina Georgieva 0:39 ↗
It requires new paths up the mountain. We cannot afford simply to rebuild the old economy with its low growth, low productivity, high inequality, and worsening climate crisis.

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Georgieva, K. (2026, January 1). Kristalina Georgieva: The Long Ascent from the Depths of the Crisis [Interview transcript]. IMF. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3051612/

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Kristalina Georgieva. "Kristalina Georgieva: The Long Ascent from the Depths of the Crisis." IMF, 1 Jan. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3051612/.

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@misc{georgieva2026_3051612,
  author       = {Kristalina Georgieva},
  title        = {Kristalina Georgieva: The Long Ascent from the Depths of the Crisis},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, IMF. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {jan},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/3051612/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}