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| Tuesday, September 29 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Registration Opens Press Room Opens |
IMF Red Level |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Conference World Bank East Asia and the Pacific Vice President Jean-Michel Severino on "East Asia: Road to Recovery," an analysis of the East Asia financial crisis and the path to recovery. |
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Wednesday, September 30 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Conference Transcript |
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| Michael Mussa, Economic Counsellor and Research Director, International Monetary Fund on the September 1998 update of the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Contents of the WEO and the press conference will be under a wire transmission embargo until 11:00 a.m. | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing | |
| World Bank Press Briefing — Eastern Europe and Central Asia Press Statement |
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| 2:30 p.m. | Press Conference | |
| World Bank Group Latin America and the Caribbean Vice Presidency will launch "Latin America: Beyond the Washington Consensus". Presenters to be announced. | ||
Thursday, October 1 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Conference Transcript Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Press Conference James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group |
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Friday, October 2 | ||
| Group of 24 Deputies | IMF Board Room | |
| Chairman, Mohamed Terbéche, Advisor, Ministry of Finance of Algeria |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Press Conference | |
| The World Bank's Development Economics Vice Presidency will launch the 1998 World Development Report (WDR) on the theme "Knowledge for Development". Contents of the WDR and the press conference will be embargoed until 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 4 | ||
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Conference | |
| International Finance Corporation press conference | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | IMF Economic Forum Capital Account Liberalization: What's the Best Stance? |
IMF Multipurpose Room |
Saturday, October 3 | ||
| 10:00 a.m. | Group of 24 Ministers | IMF Meeting Hall |
| Chairman, Abdelkrim Harchaoui, Minister of Finance of Algeria Photo pool1 |
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| 11:30 a.m. | Press Conference Business Partners for Development with James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group The World Bank Group President will be joined by executives from Vivendi, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, CARE USA, and British Petroleum. |
IMF Multipurpose Room |
| 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Marriott Wardman Park Hotel |
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| Time to be Announced | Press Conference Chairman, Group of 24 Ministers Communique |
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Sunday, October 4 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Group of 10 Ministers | IMF Board Room |
| Chairman, Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom Photo pool1 |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Marriott Wardman Park Hotel |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Interim Committee Photo pool1 |
IMF Meeting Hall |
| Time to be Announced | Press Conference Chairman, Interim Committee Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Communiqué |
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Monday, October 5 | ||
| 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Marriott Wardman Park Hotel |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Development Committee Chairman, Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda, Finance Minister of Thailand Photo pool1 |
IMF Meeting Hall |
| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing South Asia Poverty Reduction J. Williamson, Z. Allaoua, S. Shah |
IMF Red Level |
| Press Conference Chairman, Development Committee President, World Bank Group Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Press Conference |
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Tuesday, October 6 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Marriott Press Room opens | Exhibit Hall A Marriott-Wardman Park Hotel |
| 10:00 a.m. | Opening Ceremonies Photo pool1 |
Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel |
| Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors of
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
Group Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer, Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of Finance of Austria |
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| Annual Address, Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Annual Address, James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group |
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| 2:00-5:00 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Marriott Wardman Park Hotel |
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| 3:00 p.m. | Annual Discussions | |
Wednesday, October 7 | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Annual Discussions | Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel |
| 3:00 p.m. | Annual Discussions | |
Thursday, October 8 | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Annual Discussions Closing Ceremonies Closing Remarks, Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
Ballroom, |
| Press Conference Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Transcript |
South Cotillion Room, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel | |
| Press Conference James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group Transcript |
South Cotillion Room, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel | |
| Press Lunch | ||
1Pool events: There will be short photographic sessions at the start of the ministerial meetings (Group of 24, Group of 10, Interim and Development Committees) which will be pooled. Please contact David Hawley, Fund Media Relations Division, telephone (202) 623-7074, fax (202) 623-6772), e-mail DHawley@IMF.org for details on the pool. | ||
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