   Last Updated September 28, 2000 |
2000 Annual
Meetings  Boards of
Governors International Monetary Fund World Bank Group PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC September 19–28, 2000 |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Press Registration Desk opens | Prague Congress Centre | |
| 9:00 a.m. | World Economic Outlook pickup | Press Resistration Desk Prague Congress Centre | |
| Technicians granted access to Press Room | Prague Congress Centre | ||
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| 9:00 a.m. | Press Room opens | Prague Congress Centre Press Room | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Conference Michael Mussa, IMF Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department World Economic Outlook |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Press Conference World Bank Europe
and Central Asia experts Making the Transition Work for Everyone: Poverty and Inequality In Europe and Central Asia Johannes Linn, Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Christine Jones, Lead Economist for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Ana Ravenga, co-author and Lead Economist, World Bank Transcript | Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Press Conference Horst Köhler, Managing Director, IMF Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Press Conference James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 2:30 p.m. | World Bank Press Conference 'Voices of the Poor' Nicholas Stern Sr Vice President & Chief Economist, World Bank Deepa Narayan, Lead Social Development Specialist, World Bank Press Release Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Press Center Mtg Room | |
| 3:30 p.m. | IMF Press Conference The IMF's Role in Poverty Reduction Masood Ahmed, Policy Development and Review Department Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Press Room Meeting Room | |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Group of 24 Deputies | Prague Congress Centre Panorama Hall | |
| 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars |
Prague Congress Centre Various Venues | |
| 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing by IMF Staff From Transition to EU Membership - The Policy Challenges Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Press Center Meeting Room | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Czech Government Press Conference Zdenek Hruby, Special Commissioner of the Government of the Czech Republic for the Annual Meeting of Board of Governors for the IMF and World Bank & Deputy Vice Premier for Economic Policy, Czech Republic Pavel Mertlik, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Czech Republic |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 2:00 p.m. | World Bank Press Conference 'Environment Matters' Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESSD); Kristalina Georgieva, Director, ESSD, World Bank Andreas Raczynski, Director, Technical and Environment Department, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Meeting Hall VI | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Group of 24 Deputies | Prague Congress Centre Panorama Hall | |
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| 8:00 a.m. (photo pool) |
Group of 24 Ministers | Prague Congress Centre | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Commonwealth Secretariat Press Conference The Hon. John Balli, Finance Minister of Malta, FMM Conference Chairman The Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur,Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Planning H.E. Mrs. Luis Dias Diogo, Minister of Planning and Finance, Mozambique Dato' Dr. Shafie Mohammed Salleh, Deputy Minister of Finance, Malaysia The Rt. Hon Don McKinnon, Commonwealth-Secretary-General |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars |
Prague Congress Centre Various Venues | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | IMF Latin America Press Briefing | Prague Congress Centre Club H | |
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.. | Ministers of Finance Press Conference on Africa Prospects
Barro Chambrier, Executive Director, World Bank/IMF Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Press Conference — Chairman of the G-24 Communique |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
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| 7:30 a.m. (photo pool) |
Group of 10 Ministers | Prague Congress Centre Panorama Hall | |
| 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars |
Prague Congress Centre Various Venues | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | World Bank Press Briefing on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) David de Ferranti, Vice President, LAC, World Bank Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist, LAC WB | Prague Congress Centre Club H | |
| 9:00 a.m. (photo pool) |
International Monetary and Financial Committee Statements Communiqué |
Prague Congress Centre Forum Hall | |
| 11:00 a.m. | International Finance Corporation (IFC) Press Conference "Getting Globalization Right" Peter Woicke, Executive Vice President, IFC Press Center Mtg. Room Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | James D. Wolfensohn & Utstein Group Press Briefing:
Claire Short, Secretary of State for International Development (UK)
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
Anne Kristin Sydnes, Minister of International Development (Norway)
Evelyn Herfkens, Minister for Development Cooperation (Netherlands) Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture
Josef Tosovskı Governor of the Czech National Bank "Ten Years On — Some Lessons from the Transition" |
Radio Free Europe Building Great Hall | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Press Conference Chairman, IMFC, and Managing Director, IMF Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| Time to be announced | Joint meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee Communique |
Prague Congress Centre Forum Hall | |
| 7:15 p.m. | Press Conference Chairmen, IMFC and Development Committee IMF Managing Director, and World Bank President Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
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| 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars |
Prague Congress Centre Various Venues | |
| 9:00 a.m. (photo pool) |
Development Committee Communique |
Prague Congress Centre Forum Hall | |
| 10:00 a.m. | World Bank Press Conference "The Quality of Growth" Nicholas Stern, Sr Vice President & Chief Economist, World Bank Vinod Thomas, Vice President, World Bank Institute, World Bank Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Press Center Mtg. Room | |
| 11:00 p.m. | World Bank Press Briefing Middle East |
Prague Congress Centre Club H | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Press Conference Chairman, Development Committee, and President, World Bank Group |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Opening Ceremonies |
Prague Congress Centre Congress Hall | |
| Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group | |||
| Annual Address Horst Köhler Managing Director, IMF | |||
| Annual Address, James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group |
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| immediately following the Opening Ceremony | Press Conference Trevor Manuel Chairman of the 55th Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Boards of Governors and Finance Minister of South Africa |
Prague Congress Centre Press Room Meeting Room | |
| 3:00 p.m. | World Bank Press Briefing Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC Initiative) |
Prague Congress Centre Club Room H | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Annual Discussion | Prague Congress Centre Congress Hall | |
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| 9:30 a.m. | Annual Discussion (morning session) |
Prague Congress Centre Congress Hall | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Czech Government Press Conference Zdenek Hruby, Special Commissioner of the Government of the Czech Republic for the Annual Meeting of Board of Governors for the IMF and World Bank & Deputy Vice Premier for Economic Policy, Czech Republic Pavel Mertlik, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Czech Republic |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| 2:00 p.m. | El-Salvador Press Briefing | Prague Congress Centre Meeting Room 2.1 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Annual Discussion (afternoon session) |
Prague Congress Centre Congress Hall | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Annual Discussion Closing Ceremonies Closing Addresses Horst Köhler Managing Director, IMF James D. Wolfensohn President, World Bank Group Trevor Manuel Chairman of the 55th Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Boards of Governors and Finance Minister of South Africa |
Prague Congress Centre Congress Hall | |
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| Time to be announced | Press Conference James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group Peter L. Woicke Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation Motomichi Ikawa Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| Time to be announced | Press Conference Horst Köhler, Managing Director, IMF |
Prague Congress Centre Small Hall | |
| Time to be announced | Press Luncheon James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank Group Horst Köhler, Managing Director, IMF Transcript |
Prague Congress Centre Panorama Hall | |
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