Race for leadership of IMF heats up

Agustin Carstens, the underdog candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, accused European governments in June 2011 of trying to pre-empt the fund’s succession process and failing to tackle their own debt problems.

Mr Carstens, Mexico’s central bank governor, was battling Christine Lagarde, French finance minister, to lead the IMF.

ESO: Background information: Lagarde launches IMF candidacy http://www.europeansources.info/record/lagarde-launches-imf-candidacy/

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