News Brief: IMF and World Bank Group To Hold Fall Meetings On September 28-29, 2002
July 11, 2002
The 2002 fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group will take place in Washington, D.C. over two days, September 28 and 29, 2002, the Executive Boards of the two institutions decided yesterday.
The meetings are being consolidated to September 28-29 to allow them to be conducted in a streamlined manner that takes into account the needs of the two institutions and logistical considerations. All the normal business of the meetings—the Joint Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors, the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee—will take place.
The meetings serve to discuss international economic and financial developments and policies to strengthen sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. The meetings provide a forum for international cooperation and enable the Fund and Bank to better serve their 183 member countries.
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