Emerging Nations Seek Non-European IMF Chief

A new director of the International Monetary Fund is due to be chosen by the end of this month. But while the institution’s reputation has been tainted by the scandal that followed the arrest last month of its previous chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in New York in connection with the attempted rape of a hotel maid, there’s no shortage of interest in the top job.
The head of Mexico’s central bank, Agustin Carstens, was in Washington, D.C., on Monday, but not to discuss his country’s

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