Bretton Woods Dispatch
World Bank and IMF Annual
Meetings 2017

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Annual Meetings wrap-up: Kim turns to bankrupt ideas, while IMF tries to undo inequality it doesn’t admit it helped cause
BWP’s analysis of this year’s IMF and World Bank annual meetings; hopeful growth forecasts tampered by medium-term concerns, with US anti-multilateralism finally hitting Bank and Fund.
Development Committee communiqué analysis: Embracing the cascade in response to turbulent times
BWP analysis of the Development Committee Communiqué issued on 14 October, as part of this year’s World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings.
IMFC communiqué analysis: Carpe diem, or else…
Analysis of the IMFC communiqué, issued on 14 October, from the 2017 World Bank-IMF annual meetings, Washington DC.
G24 communiqué analysis: “managing the impact of developments in the global economy”
BWP analysis of the G24 communiqué, issued on 12 October, from the 2017 World Bank-IMF annual meetings, Washington DC.
Civil Society Townhall 2017
Notes and video from the 2017 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings session of the Civil Society Town Hall, 11 October.
Pre-meetings background – winds of change: Will Bank & Fund’s ‘new’ approaches help ‘the poorest’?
Bretton Woods Dispatch of the 2017 annual meetings in Washington DC pre-meeting analysis of the key issues for the week.
World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2017 – civil society meetings and seminars highlights
Bretton Woods Meetings Dispatch of the 2017 annual meetings in Washington DC with CSPF programme and notes from key civil society and official meetings.
World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2017 – programmes and schedules
Bretton Woods Meetings Dispatch of the 2017 annual meetings in Washington DC with official meetings and programmes and analysis of the communiqués.













