El Salvador has tapped a former International Monetary Fund official as an adviser as it seeks a deal with the multilateral lender, according to people familiar with the matter.
Alejandro Werner, who retired as head of the Western Hemisphere Department at the IMF in 2021, has been working with the Central American nation’s government this year, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.
Alejandro Werner speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York in November 2019.
Source: Bloomberg
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