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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2019General Studies
Question
Gita Gopinath was the first woman chief economist to be appointed to which international organization:
Options
- A The IMF
- B The World Bank
- C Oxfam
- D Google
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Correct Answer
A The IMF
Model Answer
- Gita Gopinath is an Indian American economist.
- Since 2019, Gita Gopinath has been the Chief Economist of the IMF.
- Gopinath named the worldwide recession of 2020 'The Great Lockdown'.
- Gopinath has been awarded "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman" by the President of India and it is the highest honor for a person of Indian origin.
Additional Information
- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas is the current chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was appointed to the role on January 24, 2022.
- Gourinchas is a French economist and the S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Management at the University of California, Berkeley.