## Press Release: IMF and World Bank Group Launch Website for 2009 Annual Meetings in Istanbul

_IMF News, July 6, 2009_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 6, 2009

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### Event overview
- Press Release No. 09/252
- Date: July 6, 2009
- Annual Meetings location and dates: Istanbul, Turkey, during October 6-7, 2009
- Historical note: This is the second time Turkey will be hosting the Annual Meetings—the first time was in 1955, also in Istanbul—making Turkey the only country to host the Annual Meetings twice.
- Membership: The IMF and the World Bank Group have 186 member countries.

### Website and access
- Newly-designed website launched for the 2009 Annual Meetings, accessible at www.fundbankmeetings.org or www.bankfundmeetings.org.
- Website features:
  - Online press accreditation
  - CSO accreditation
  - Schedule of events
  - Program of Seminars
  - Access to documents, speeches, transcripts, photographs, and video that will be released during the Meetings
  - Hyperlink to the host government of Turkey website: http://www.istanbul2009turkey.org

### Meeting program and sequence of events
- Main plenary session: October 6-7, 2009
- Preceding events starting on September 30, including:
  - Launch of the World Economic Outlook
  - Launch of the Global Financial Stability Report
  - Program of Seminars
  - Group of 24 meeting
  - Meetings of policy-steering bodies:
    - IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee
    - World Bank’s Development Committee

### Purpose and anticipated focus
- Institutional purpose: At the Annual Meetings, the Board of Governors of the IMF and the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group meet to discuss the work of their respective institutions.
- Participants: Central bankers, ministers of finance and development, civil society organizations, private sector executives and academics.
- Expected discussion topics given the current economic crisis:
  - Outlook for the global economy
  - Developments in financial markets
  - Impact of the crisis on countries, including low-income countries
  - Response of member countries and the international community to the crisis

*Source: Press Release No.09/252, IMF press release titled "IMF and World Bank Group Launch Website for 2009 Annual Meetings in Istanbul," July 6, 2009.*

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