By Caroline Atkinson
In early October, economic policymakers representing the entire membership of the IMF, 186 countries in total, will gather in Istanbul for the Annual Meetings. More formally, the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on October 6-7, 2009. Many others—including private sector executives, academics, and civil society representatives—will also come to Istanbul during this period to discuss issues of global concern.
And where they go, so goes this blog. For the next week or so, the blog will be coming “live” from Istanbul, providing a real time account of the many events and debates.
Istanbul at sunset: economic policymakers representing the entire membership of the IMF, 186 countries in total, will gather in Istanbul for the Annual Meetings (photo: Graham Dwyer/IMF)
There’s a lot going on. We will have the formal meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF, discussing the next steps in overcoming the global financial crisis and getting growth going again. The IMF will unveil its latest forecasts and present its World Economic Outlook (WEO) and Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). We will discuss how the IMF has responded to the crisis, looking at how crisis lending reveals more flexible terms, and focuses more on the social impact.
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