INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND WORLD BANK GROUP  2002 Spring Meetings  APRIL 20–21, 2002    WASHINGTON, D.C.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
9:00 a.m.	Press registration opens Technicians set up opens	IMF Headquarters1
1:00 p.m.	Managing Director Horst Köhler, speech with question and answer session Transcript View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	National Press Club, Washington
THURSDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 a.m.	Press Room opens	IMF Headquarters1
9:00 a.m.	Press Conference Kenneth Rogoff, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department World Economic Outlook Transcript View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room R-710
FRIDAY, APRIL 19
9:00 a.m.  (Photo Pool)	Group of 24 Ministers Communiqué	IMF Meeting Hall2
10:30 a.m.	Press Conference James D. Wolfensohn President, World Bank Group View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
2:30 p.m.  (Photo Pool)	IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler and Governor Dai Xianglong of the Peoples Bank of China	Photographers and cameramen meet at IMF press desk at 2:15 p.m.
4:00 p.m.	Press Conference Group of 24 Ministers Transcript View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
9:00 a.m.	Press Conference African Prospects: Facing the Challenges Paul Bouabre, Minister of Economy and Finance of Cote d'Ivoire, Jean-Claude Massangu Mulongo, Governor of the Central Bank of Congo, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Minister of Finance and Economy of Ghana, Emmanuel G. Kasonde, Minister of Finance of Zambia and Daudi Ballali, Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania Transcript View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
10:00 a.m.	Press Conference World Development Indicators World Bank Chief Economist, World Bank Development Group Director, and World Bank Data Development Group Program Manager View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
2:00 p.m.  (Photo Pool)	International Monetary and Financial Committee Communiqué - Español - Français	IMF Meeting Hall2
6:00 p.m.	Press Conference International Monetary and Financial Committee Chairman and IMF Managing Director Transcript View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
8:30 a.m.	Press Briefing Getting All Children into School by 2015 James D. Wolfensohn, World Bank President; Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor; Paul Martin, Canadian Finance Minister; Eveline Herfkens, Dutch Development Cooperation Minister; Hilde Johnson, Norwegian Development Minister; Phil Twyford, Global Campaign for Education/Oxfam View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
7:30 a.m.  (Photo Pool)	Group of 10 Ministers	IMF Executive Board Room
9:00 a.m.  (Photo Pool)	Development Committee Communiqué	World Bank HQ3
2:30 p.m.	Press Conference Launch of the Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative (FIRST) Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development, UK Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, Canada Pascal Couchepin, Economy Minister, Switzerland, Jeffrey Goldstein, Managing Director - Finance, The World Bank V. Sundararajan, Deputy Director, Monetary and Exchange Affairs, IMF View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room R-710
3:15 p.m.	Press Conference Chairman, Development Committee, and President, World Bank Group View the Press Conference using Windows Media Player	IMF Room B-702
Notes: 1The address of the Press Room is: IMF Headquarters, 700 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20431. 2The address of the IMF Meeting Hall is: IMF Headquarters, 700 19th Street NW, Washington DC 20431. 3Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters, 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433