Former IMF Official Heads Congo Bank, Raising Spectre of Bretton Woods in DRC

Published: July 15, 2021, 8 p.m.

In this segment Jacquie are Sean are joined by Kambale Musavuli, activist, writer, & analyst with the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa to discuss DRC President Felix Tshisekedi selecting former IMF official Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi as the first woman to head the Congo’s Central Bank, how this connects to the exploitative history of the IMF and World Bank in the Congo nad how the appointment can be used to obscure the reality of how Bretton Woods institutions have impacted the country.