First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund John Lipsky speaks with Reuters journalists at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming August 21, 2009. Picture taken August 21, 2009.

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky delivers a speech during a conference organized by the Paris Club and Institute for International Finance (IIF) on the impact of the crisis on emerging and developing countries in Paris June 25, 2009.

France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) speaks with International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky during a conference organized by the Paris Club and Institute for International Finance (IIF) on the impact of the crisis on emerging and developing countri...

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky delivers a speech during a conference organized by the Paris Club and Institute for International Finance (IIF) on the impact of the crisis on emerging and developing countries, in Paris June 25, 2009.

France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) speaks with International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky during a conference organized by the Paris Club and Institute for International Finance (IIF) on the impact of the crisis on emerging and developing countri...

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, center, who serves as chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, and IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky, far left, meet with rep...

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Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, right, who serves as chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, joined at left by IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky, responds to a question during a news conference at IMF headquarters in Washington, Sat...

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WASHINGTON - APRIL 25: In this handout image provided by the IMF, Egyptian Finance Minister and International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Chairman Youssef Boutros-Ghali (2nd R), International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (3rd R), China's Centr...

World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin (R) speaks at a joint news conference with International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky and World Bank Senior Adviser Zia Qureshi (L) during the spring IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington April 24, 2009.

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky gestures at a joint news conference with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the beginning of the spring IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington April 23, 2009.

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L-R: IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan and IMF Director External Relations Department, Caroline Atkinson show a presentation during a Press Conference at the beginning of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, Washington DC, April...

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L-R: IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky, Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan and IMF Director External Relations Department, Caroline Atkinson give a Press Conference at the beginning of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, Washington DC, April 23, 2009.

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IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky answers a question during a Press Conference with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan at the beginning of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, Washington DC, April 23, 2009.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, accompanied by IMF Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky, gestures during a news conference at the IMF in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2009.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) and First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky attend a press conference following the G20 summit at the ExCel centre in east London, on April 2, 2009.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky takes a coffe during a break of a Group of Eight (G8) Social Summit on March 30, 2009 in Rome.

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(From L) European Union Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Vladimir Spidla, Russia's Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova, German Labour Minster Olaf Scholz, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, Japan's health, walfare and labour vice...

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First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) John Lipsky sips his coffee during a break on the second day of the G8 Labor ministers meeting, in Rome Monday March 30, 2009.

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Front left: European Union Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Minister Vladimir Spidla, Russia's Health Minister Tatiyana Golikova, Germany's Labor Minister Olaf Scholz, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, Japan's Vice Minister of Health, Labor, and Wel...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky holds a news conference to discuss "The Reform of the IMF's Lending Framework" in Washington, March 24, 2009.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky holds a news conference to discuss "The Reform of the IMF's Lending Framework" in Washington, March 24, 2009.

Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, Montek Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India, John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, Internati...

Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, Montek Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India, John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, Internati...