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Bessent Skips Bangkok as Africa Arrives With a Debt Agenda: Who Speaks for Washington, and What Africa Wants From the IMF and World Bank
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is skipping the IMF–World Bank meetings in Bangkok; deputies Francis Brooke and Erin Browne lead the U.S. delegation. The African Union is pushing debt-resolution reform at four side events Oct. 13–16.