IMF needs to address internal complaints 

The International Monetary Fund should speed up its handling of internal complaints and further strengthen internal safeguards, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday.

Georgieva told Reuters she was pleased that the IMF's first comprehensive review of data integrity standards had generally found  "robust mechanisms" for institutional governance, but said there were ways to reinforce them.

"We have some ideas on how to make them even stronger and actually get people to feel comfortable to express their views," Georgieva said in an interview, without giving details about potential changes.

"If they are critical, great. This means they are comfortable to say what they think."