Members of staff of the Bank and Fund, board members, development and finance ministers are gathered in Washington 25-26 April.

Official meetings

24 April

Meeting of G24 group of developing countries and G7 finance ministers

25 April

International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting
Tentative agenda: Global economic outlook; implementing G20 decisions

26 April

Development Committee meeting
Tentative agenda: Developing countries and the economic crisis; governance reform

World Bank, civil society events

21 April

Gender tools for IFI watchers CSO meeting with IFC and MIGA

23 April

World Development Report 2010 on vulnerability to climate change, WB participation and accountability in Latin America, IMF transparency policy, hidden impact of hunger on women and children, G20 summit outcomes of IFIs

24 April

WB civil society engagement, development and social protection in a new financial architecture, IEG, IFI policies on teachers’ wages, IFC agribusiness financing, Inspection Panel

25 April

IMF crisis response, WB disclosure review

26 April

CSO strategy session on IFIs & global economy

Check back for regular updates from the Bretton Woods Project during and after the meetings

For full details of events, contact information for groups in Washington for the meetings, and links to documents released by civil society, visit IFIwatchnet.