IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva ‘faces coup plot’

Renowned economist Joseph Stiglitz says chief is victim of conservative hatchet job' using unfair report to discredit her

The International Monetary Fund boss, Kristalina Georgieva, is the victim of a plot to oust her, according to a Nobel prize-winning economist, after a report alleged that she applied undue pressure" on staff to boost China's standing in global rankings while in her previous job at the World Bank.

Joseph Stiglitz, a former chief economist at the World Bank, said a report prepared by the law firm WilmerHale on concerns about China's influence at the Washington-based organisation was being used unfairly to discredit and oust" Georgieva.