Ms.Lagarde has promised to be a strong voice for developing countries, especially in Asia and Africa.

VOA: special.2011.07.01

Many,like a young woman who allowed her voice to be recorded in Amharic, charged her loved one's rights had been violated because prison visits by family members and attorneys had been prohibited.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

"That has to be as part of a larger process of trying to give Muslims in that region not just a voice in the political process, but give them an opportunity to actually decide for themselves who it is that they want to lead them."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11