African governments on Friday signalled their intention to push for a bigger say in the appointment a new International Monetary Fund managing director, following the resignation of Horst Köhler earlier this month. This was part of a broader demand for a greater say in the affairs of the IMF and its sister organisation, the World Bank. African central bank governors, finance ministers and other officials met on Friday to develop a common position on how to raise the "voice and participation" of developing and transitional countries in the Bretton Woods institutions.