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Development Committee Meeting
The Development Committee, which advises the Board of Governors of the World Bank and IMF, met on Saturday, April 20, and issued the following communiqué.
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Opening Press Conference
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim addressed the press during his opening press conference at the 2013 Spring Meetings.
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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Opening Press Conference
The global economy can move beyond an uneven recovery to achieve "full-speed" if countries take customized action on a range of policy fronts, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told reporters at her opening press conference.
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Toward a Stronger Eurozone
How can faster economic growth be achieved? Is indebtedness holding back growth in the euro area?
Seminars on Asia, global trends, the Middle East, and the global economy rounded out the slate of IMF online seminars this week.
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Spring Meetings
Each Spring, thousands of government officials, journalists, civil society organizations, and invited participants from the academia and private sectors, gather in Washington DC for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. At the heart of the gathering are meetings of the joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee and the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee, which discuss progress on the work of the World Bank and the IMF. Also featured are seminars, regional briefings, press conferences, and many other events focused on the global economy, international development, and the world's financial markets.
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