According to the IMF's website, the board of directors often convenes many times per week to conduct business while mostly relying on papers created by
Roberta Gatti, chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, stated that during economic downturns, governments must choose between more
Paris, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, San Francisco, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Seoul were in order of importance, with London at the top of the list