Kristalina Georgieva (R), managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C), and Danny Quah (L), Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, take part in a discussion at the IMF Annual Meetings Curtain Raiser in Singapore on October 7, 2026. The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on October 7. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)