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The IMF hosted notable guests such as Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Winnie Byanyima, Raghuram Rajan and Joseph Stiglitz during the 2016 Spring Meetings. Topics covered during the IMF seminars included the refugee crisis, gender gaps in labor markets, and how to achieve durable development despite hard times. Replay webcasts, view photos, and read stories about the events.
The World Bank Group hosted distinguished speakers at the 2016 Spring Meetings, from Queen Rania and Ban Ki-moon to Michelle Obama and Bill Gates. Replay all 19 webcasts, read blogs, and watch videos highlighting the best of the Meetings.
The world's financial leaders called for a forceful and balanced policy mix—a three-pronged approach of structural reforms together with fiscal and monetary policy—to lift slowing global growth.
Government ministers from around the world confronted the refugee crisis, a slowing economy, and other global challenges at the Spring Meetings. "Forced Displacement and Development" was the only item on the agenda at the Development Committee meeting on Saturday.
At a news conference to open the IMF-World Bank Group Spring Meetings, IMF chief Christine Lagarde presented the Global Policy Agenda, which calls for a more potent policy mix of structural, fiscal, and monetary actions to lift growth.
President Jim Yong Kim cited slowing global growth, conflict and forced displacement, and climate change as global challenges spurring record demand for the World Bank Group's services. He called for a robust replenishment for IDA, the World Bank's fund for the poorest countries.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde discussed key issues in the global economy with Stephen Sackur of the BBC's HARDtalk. Replay the webcast and join the #BBCIMF conversation.
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April 15-17, 2016