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For more information, visit the Annual and Spring Meetings Factsheet and Host Country website.
Annual and Spring Meetings Factsheet | 
Thailand Host Country Site
For more information, visit the Annual and Spring Meetings Factsheet and Host Country website.
Annual and Spring Meetings Factsheet | Thailand Host Country Site
The 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 12 to October 18, 2026
Registration is open About the Meetings
The 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, during October 12-18, 2026. Holding the Annual Meetings in Bangkok underscores Thailand’s role as a regional and global convening hub, reflecting its economic resilience, institutional progress, and sustained deep engagement with international partners over the past three decades. The country last hosted the Annual Meetings in 1991. Hosting the Meetings again after a long interval highlights how the country—and the broader region—has advanced and recognizes Asia’s central role in shaping today’s global economic and financial stability agenda.
The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) hold these meetings to bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organizations and think tanks, and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, global financial stability, poverty eradication, inclusive economic growth and job creation.
The Annual Meetings are customarily held in Washington D.C. for two consecutive years, and then every third year in a member country. This practice reflects the global nature of the membership, fosters closer engagement with local and regional stakeholders, and offers the host country a platform to engage with the international economic community.
IMF Economic Review (IMFER) Conference: Power, Markets, and Strategy in a Changing Global Order
On June 11-12, policymakers, academics, and experts from around the world gathered in Bangkok for the annual IMF Economic Review Conference, co-hosted by the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of Thailand, and the Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research. The conference is part of a broader series of engagements ahead of the 2026 Annual Meetings, underscoring Thailand’s role as a regional hub for policy dialogue and international economic cooperation.
Bank of Thailand Governor Vitai Ratanakorn opened the event, which explored how shifts in trade, investment, technology, and finance are reshaping the global economy and the policy challenges arising from an increasingly complex and interconnected world. More information is available on The Power, Markets, and Strategy in a Changing Global Order conference page.
Ahead of the 2026 Annual Meetings, our signature event in the region is the Asia in 2050 conference in Bangkok on March 4-6, 2026. Focusing on peer learning and collaboration, this high-level event brought together experts, policymakers, and industry leaders from across the region. Sessions were designed to foster knowledge exchange and innovative thinking around the region's future challenges and opportunities.
The Asia in 2050 Conference page hosts the full program, including all live streams and session coverage. Click here for more
Despite external and domestic challenges, economies in the Asia-Pacific region showed remarkable resilience in the first half of 2025. Growth was stronger than expected, helped by exports—partially driven by frontloading—, global tech/AI advances, and policy easing. However, higher US tariffs and elevated policy uncertainty are likely to dampen future export demand, and a potential reassessment of AI’s long-term benefits poses further risks. Amid these challenges, policy should prioritize two areas: deepening regional integration by further reducing barriers to trade and investment and boosting productivity through better financial intermediation and capital allocation. More resilient, sustainable growth will also require supporting the services sector, rebalancing to more durable domestic demand-led growth, mitigating economic headwinds from an aging population, and further upgrading policy frameworks.
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