French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is actively campaigning for the top job at the International Monetary Fund, planning visits to China and other nations in a bid to broaden her support internationally.
Lagarde is expected to visit senior officials in some of the developing nations that have called on the IMF to select a new managing director from one of the emerging economies.
Authorities in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa and other countries have complained that their growing role in the global economy is not reflected in leadership positions at the major international economic organizations.
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