Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group

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The IMF and World Bank meet each autumn in what is officially known as the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group and each spring in the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. Names of the two groups are alternated each year so a different one has top billing.

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The autumn meetings are customarily held in Washington, D.C., United States for two consecutive years, and in another member country in the third year. At the spring and annual meetings there are meetings of the World Bank-IMF Development Committee and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC). Each committee is made of up ministers or central bank governors. There are equivalent numbers and the same constituency systems as is used at the Executive boards of the institutions. At the annual meetings, the governors of the World Bank and IMF also meet in plenary sessions.

Until the 2008 financial crisis, both the spring and annual meetings were preceded by meetings of the G7 finance ministers. Amid an unfolding global financial crisis, for the first time the 2008 annual meetings included a meeting of G20 finance ministers. The 2009 annual meetings witnessed the last meetings of the G7 finance ministers, with all future spring and annual meetings accompanied by G20 finance minister meetings. The spring and annual meetings also include meetings of the finance ministers of the G-24 group of developing countries.

Since the mid-1990s, these meetings have centerpoints for anti-globalization movement protests. There have been complete bans on outdoor protests in the 2003 meetings in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as well as the 2006 meeting in Singapore, where only indoor demonstrations within a designated area is permitted. Some argue that such bans are out of safety concerns, while others consider them an effort to curb dissent. These measures have led to retaliatory actions by NGOs who targeted the organisers, as well as the IMF and World Bank for allegedly picking venues which are known to impose such restrictions. [1]

List of Annual Meetings

YearDateVenue
1947 London, United Kingdom
1950 Paris, France
1952 Mexico City, Mexico
1955 Istanbul, Turkey
1958 New Delhi, India
1961 Vienna, Austria
1964 Tokyo, Japan
1967 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1970 Copenhagen, Denmark
1973 Nairobi, Kenya
1976 Manila, Philippines
1979 Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1985 Seoul, South Korea
1988 Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
1991 Bangkok, Thailand
1994 Madrid, Spain
1996September 26 to October 3 Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C., United States
1997September 17 to 25 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
1998September 29 to October 8 Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., United States
1999September 25 to 30Headquarters of the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., United States
2000September 19 to 28 Prague, Czech Republic
2001November 17 to 18World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United States
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee)
2002September 29World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United States [2]
2003September 23 to 24 Dubai, United Arab Emirates [3]
2004October 3 Washington, D.C., United States [4]
2005September 24 to 25 Washington, D.C., United States [5]
2006 September 13 to 20 Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore [6]
2007October 20 to 22 Washington, D.C., United States [7]
2008October 13 Washington, D.C., United States [8]
2009October 6 to 7 Istanbul, Turkey [9]
2010October 8 to 10 Washington, D.C., United States [10]
2011September 23 to 25 Washington, D.C., United States [11]
2012October 9 to 14 Tokyo, Japan [12]
2013October 11 to 13 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States [13] [14]
2014October 10 to 12 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States [15]
2015October 9 to 11 Lima, Peru [16]
2016October 7 to 9 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States [17]
2017October 13 to 15 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States [18]
2018October 8 to 14 Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia [19]
2019October 14 to 20 Washington, D.C., United States [20]
2019October 12 to 18 Washington, D.C., United States
2021October 11 to 17virtual
2022October 10 to 16 Washington, D.C., United States
2023October 9 to 15 Marrakesh, Morocco [21]

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  2. ↑ "2002 Annual Meetings -- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group".
  3. ↑ "2003 Annual Meetings. -- World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund".
  4. ↑ "2004 Annual Meetings -- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group".
  5. ↑ "2005 Annual Meetings -- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group".
  6. ↑ "2006 Annual Meetings -- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group".
  7. ↑ "2007 Annual Meetings -- World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund".
  8. ↑ "2008 Annual Meetings -- International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group".
  9. ↑ "Annual Meetings : Home".
  10. ↑ "Annual Meetings 2010 : Home".
  11. ↑ "Annual Meetings 2011 : Home".
  12. ↑ "Press Release: IMF and World Bank Group to Hold 2012 Annual Meetings".
  13. ↑ "Annual Meetings 2013 of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, October 11-13, 2013".
  14. ↑ GW Today - Five Updates on the Global Economy from Christine Lagarde’s ‘Hardtalk’ Interview
  15. ↑ "2014 Annual Meetings".
  16. ↑ "2015 Annual Meetings".
  17. ↑ "2016 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, Washington DC - October 7-9, 2016".
  18. ↑ "2017 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF, Washington, DC, October 9-15, 2017".
  19. ↑ "Home".
  20. ↑ "Annual Meetings".
  21. ↑ "Annual". IMF. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
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