The International Monetary Fund should play a leading role in efforts to end the financial crisis, Dutch finance minister Wouter Bos told reporters on Saturday.

Bos was speaking in Washington where he was attending a meeting of the world’s richest nations.
Bos said the current situation is similar to the post World War II period, when the IMF was set up to improve prosperity and stimulate development.
And he called on the US to show leadership, despite the fact that the country is only four weeks away from elections.
‘That paralyses America in its leading role… it is the worst possible moment,’ Bos was reported as saying.