Romer was World Bank chief economist at the time, and criticized Georgieva for engineering a "whitewash" of separate concerns he raised about the institution's flagship Doing Business report. The push came while bank leadership was engaged in sensitive negotiations with Beijing over the bank's lending capital. The IMF has its own a series of reports on national economies, which could be called into question following the allegations against Georgieva. He said Georgieva's leadership of the IMF calls into question other dealings with Beijing and "has implications for China's influence at the Fund. She is also expected at the IMF and World bank annual meetings in early October.

Source: Bangkok Post September 17, 2021 15:33 UTC