IMF chief warns of "long ascent" toward global recovery

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks in a frame grab from a virtual event held by the London School of Economics ahead of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 6, 2020. As the global economy gradually recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, all countries are facing "the long ascent" -- a difficult climb that will be "long, uneven, and uncertain," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. (Xinhua)