Meet the favourite to be the new IMF boss

Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill looks at the life of Christine Lagarde.

Meet the favourite to be the new IMF boss
Thu, 26 May, 2011 - 01:00

SHE’S not an economist, she’s not a politician and she blames the lack of women in the world of finance for the severity of the crisis.

But she is the favourite to be the new boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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