ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department, IMF
• Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
• Oya Celasun, Division Chief, Research Department, IMF
• Raphael Anspach, Senior Communications officer, IMF

9:00 – 12: 00 p.m.

WBG and IMF Orientation (World Bank I 2-220)

3: 00 – 4: 30 p.m.

Disrupting the Divides in Democracy and Governance Programming in Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings (WB I 2-210)

Forests & Climate Change: How Can Mainstreaming Forests Address Challenges of Climate Change and Development? (WB I 2-220)

Strengthening Partnerships between Faith Actors and Multilateral Agencies to achieve better Development Outcome (WB I 2-250)

A Complaint by any other Name…. Good Practice Among DFI Independent Accountability Mechanisms (WB I 5-040)

Strengthening Civil Society Voices on Sustainable Debt and Development Policies in West and Central Africa (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

Moderator: Danny Jiang, Secretary's Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Margaux MacDonald, Research Department, IMF
• Johannes Eugster, Research Department, IMF

Moderator: Ping Wang, Communications Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Tahsin Saadi, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Nour Tawk, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF

Moderator: Bo Zhao, Secretary's Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Venkat Josyula, Statistics Department, IMF
• Sonja Davidovic, Information Technology Department, IMF

Moderator: Alex Lalor, Secretary's Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Christian Bogmans, Research Department, IMF
• Lama Kiyasseh, Research Department, IMF

Moderator: Stephen Sacks, Communications Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Nicolas Denewet, Finance Department, IMF
• Antonio Manzanera, Finance Department, IMF

Moderator: Suzanne Alavi, Communications Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Shafik Hebous, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Christophe Waerzeggers, Legal Department, IMF

Moderator: Ajit Kulkarni, Secretary's Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Purva Khera, Monetary Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Sumiko Ogawa, Monetary Capital Markets Department, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Tobias Adrian, Financial Counselor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Anna Ilyina, Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Evan Papageorgiou, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Randa Elnagar, Senior Communications officer, IMF

9:00- 10: 30

Advancing a Feminist Approach to Women's Economic Inequality (WB I 2-210)

World Bank Group Paris Alignment: Governance and Private Sector Participation in the Energy Sector (WB I 2-220)

Status of Mining Contract Disclosure in Southern Africa – Challenges, Lessons and Opportunities (WB I 2-250)

The Future of Financial Assistance in 2030 (WB I 5-040)

Are We Sitting on a New Debt Ticking Bomb? Proposals to Tackle the Unfurling Debt Wave (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

11: 00 – 12: 30 p.m.

Young People in the New Work Order (WB I 2-210)

Sustainable Hydropower: What Does It Mean—and Does It Exist? (WB I 2-220)

PPPs in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities for Quality Infrastructure (WB I 2-250)

Mitigating Measures? Assessing Social and Gender Impacts in Development Policy Financing (WB I 5-040

Public Registers of Beneficial Ownership: Essential or Overhyped? (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

3:00 – 4: 00 p.m.

World Bank Civil Society Townhall

5:00 – 6: 00 p.m.

IMF Civil Society Townhall (IMF HQ1 Meeting Halls A&B) (Room HQ1-3-430A&B) (3rd Floor)

6: 00 p.m.

Civil Society Reception (IMF HQ1 2nd Floor Bistro (Room HQ1-2-713)

Moderator: Jennifer Beckman, Communications Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Debbie Chungu, Information Technology Department, IMF
• Emre Alperk, African Department, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affair Department, IMF
• Cathy Pattillo, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Keiko Utsunomiya, Senior Communications officer, IMF

Moderator: Amit Khetarpaul, Communications Department, IMF

Presenter:

• Jochen Andritzky, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF

Moderator: Meera Louis, Communications Department, IMF

Presenter:

• Vina Nguyen, European Department, IMF
• Alex Pienkowski, European Department, IMF

Opening Remarks: Carla Grasso, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Speakers:

• Allison Holland, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Gilbert Kalyandu, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Ashraf Khan, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

Moderator: Stephane Charreau, Secretary's Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Ling Zhu, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Yang Yang, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Moderator: Noha El-Gebaly, Communications Department, IMF

Presenters:

• Reda Cherif, African Department, IMF
• Hector Perez-Saiz, African Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Yongzheng Yang, IMF Resident Representative to the Philippines
• Ellen Nedde, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
• Lyn Javier, Managing Director of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Social Enterprises, Sustainable Investment and Decent Work (WBI 2-210)

Mobilizing Public and Private Finance for Climate Action with Policies, Networks, Stakeholder Multipliers and the Climate Funds (WB I 2-220)

The Role of the World Bank’s International Development Association in Humanitarian Crises: Lessons for the IDA19 Replenishment Framework (WB I 2-250)

The IMF and Inequalities: Tensions between Structural Adjustments and Structural Transformations (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

11: 00 – 12: 30 p.m.

Sustainable Development Goals on Inequality and Work: Reviewing the Alignment of IMF, World Bank (WB I 2-210)

Reaching the Tipping Point for Sustainable Finance: The Role of Emerging Donors & IFIs (WB I 2-220)

How Can the World Bank Ensure Project Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Sex Characteristics and Gender Identity? (WB I 2-250)

IMF and Right to Food: Conditionality on Food and Agriculture in the Arab Region (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

1: 30 – 3: 00 p.m.

The Role of the World Bank in Facilitating Stolen Asset Return (WB I 2-210)

Towards a Global Green New Deal – Financing for a Sustainable Future (WB I 2-220)

Environmental Crisis in the Amazon, Dilemmas of Sustainable Development and the Role of the World Bank: Perspectives from Brazil and Bolivia (WB I 2-250)

IMF Conditionality Reform in Promise and Practice: What does the evidence show? (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

3: 30 – 5: 00 p.m.

Harnessing Local Solutions for Climate Resilience through Grant Making to Indigenous Peoples Worldwide (WB I 2-210)

Emerging Challenges to the Right to Education: Alternative Solutions, and the Role of WB Advice and Funding (WB I 2-220)

Strengthening Access to Remedy for Communities Affected by Environmental and Social Harms (WB I 2-250)

Cutting to the Core: Rethinking the IMF’s way of doing Business to tackle Gender Inequalities (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

Moderator: Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of African Department

Speaker:

• Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning of Nigeria

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
• David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
• Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Esha Chhabra, Statistics Department, IMF
• Eric Duflos, Office of the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA)

Speaker:

• Christopher Wilson, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Aishah Ahmad, Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Big Data for Surveillance Challenge Finalist Pitches (Conf. Hall 2, HQ2-01A-830)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Big Data Networking Event (Conf. Hall 2, HQ2-01A-830)

2:00 PM - 3:00
PM Big Data for Surveillance - iLab Session (HQ1 iLab, HQ1-2-701)

Speakers:

• Katherine Baer, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Kerto Wanne, Chilean Internal Revenue Service
• Leandro Camacho, Costa Rica Hackathon Participant

Speaker:

• Fabien Gonguet, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Moderator: Jihad Azour, Director of Middle East and Central Asia Department

Speaker:

• Abdi Mohamed Abdullahi, Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia

Moderator: Changyong Rhee, Director of Asia and Pacific Department

Speaker:

• Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

Edited by S. Ali Abbas, Alex Pienkowski, and Ken Rogoff

Coupublished by Oxford University Press and the IMF

Panelists:

• Reza Baqir, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
• Lee Buchheit, Former partner at Cleary Gottlieb
• Carmen Reinhart, Harvard Kennedy School
• Mark Sobel, Center for Strategic and International Studies

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Julio Velarde, Governor of the Central Reserve Bank, Peru
• Kenneth Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, Ghana
• Abdolnaser Hemmati, Governor of the Central Bank, Iran
• Marilou Uy, Director, G24
• Gediminas Vilkas, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Odd Per Brekk, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Kenneth Kang, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Jonathan Ostry, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Keiko Utsunomiya, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Chair: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Minister for the Economy, Republic of Fiji

Speakers:

• David Malpass, President, World Bank Group
• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

9:00 – 10: 30 a.m.

Liberia and Somalia: Microcosms into Debt Relief, Climate Crises and Resilience Intersectionality (WB I 2-210)

To Offset or Not Offset? Challenges in Implementing Environmental Offsets (WB I 2-220)

Human Rights, Climate Change, Alleviating Poverty.... Can World Bank Country Strategies Rise to the Challenge? Examples from Central Asia (WB I 2-250)

The IMF's Work on Social Spending: What's Next? (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

11:00 – 12: 30 p.m.

The Status (Quo) of Women’s Empowerment in the MENA Region: Perspectives from the Field (WB I 2-210)

Update on the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) (WB I 2-220)

A Right to Recovery: Children’s Mental Health, Recovery and Well-being during and after Conflict (WB I 2-250)

A Compact for Assured and Sustainable Financing of Social Protection Floors in Developing Countries (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

1:30 – 3: 00 p.m.

Preventing Corruption: Tackling Integrity Risks across the 2030 Agenda and analyzing Effectiveness of Prevention Tools (WB I 2-210)

Integrated Energy Plans and the Critical Role of IFI Support (WB I 2-220)

The World Bank’s Advice on Best Practice in Education: A Critical Analysis (WB I 2-250)

The IMF & Climate Change: Can the Fund help Countries avoid a ‘Climate Minsky Moment’? (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

3: 30 – 5: 00 p.m.

In-country Anticorruption Reviews: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Effective Civil Society Engagement (WB I 2-210)

Leader or Laggard: Is the World Bank responding fast enough to the Climate Crisis? (WB I 2-220)

Leveraging Private Sector Engagement in Health: Maximizing or obstructing progress towards Universal Health Coverage? (WB I 2-250)

Reshaping Public Finance Policy to Ensure Quality Public Services (IMF HQ2 03B-838B)

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Poul Thomsen, Director, European Department, IMF
• Andreas Adriano, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Wafa Amr, Communications Officer, IMF

For the first time, the IMF is launching an external Anti-Corruption Challenge during the Annual Meetings. The Challenge is aimed at generating solutions of specific relevance for the IMF’s governance and anti-corruption agenda.

The one-day event will kick off with opening remarks by the IMF’s General Counsel followed by a series of four 45-minute panel discussions around challenges and opportunities in improving governance and fighting corruption.

10:45 AM - 11:20 AM
Session 1 - Shining a Light on Corruption

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Session 2 - Enhancing Governance in Public Finance - The Role of Data and Technology

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 3 - Promoting Good Governance in Central Banks: The Role of Non-Executive Directors

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Session 4 - Tackling Corruption: Financial Disclosure Systems for Public Officials

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Session 5 - Fighting Money Laundering: The Use of Data for Financial Intelligence

In a data-driven world, narratives generated by data can help inform economic policymaking. So what do the IMF’s biggest datasets tell us about lagging regions, new approaches on climate change, and what happens when housing markets overheat?

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Putting a Value on Marine Life:

A whale sequesters about 33 tons of carbon dioxide on its body when it dies and sinks to the ocean floor. They also are responsible for indirectly fertilizing phytoplankton, capturing around the same amount of carbon dioxide as 78 billion trees per year. How can we put a price on the benefits this marine life gives back to the earth?

Speakers:

• Ralph Chami, Institute for Capacity Development
• Joe Roman, University of Vermont

11:45 am - 12:15 am
Housing Markets—A Stich in Time Could be a Lifeline:

Financial systems face a host of risks from all corners of the economy, and regulators use tools to contain these. Over the years, a variety of measures and regulations have been tried to curtail booms and busts in housing markets, but which ones might be the most effective in keeping housing markets stable?

Speakers:

• Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor, IMF
• Boris Vujčić, Governor, Central Bank of Croatia

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Global Growth, Lagging Sub-National Regions:

Global growth is under pressure and even within countries, performance varies. Long-term unemployment rates are persistently higher on average in worse-performing regions within advanced economies. What kinds of reforms can help these lagging regions become more resilient?

Speakers:

• Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor, IMF
• Nadia Calvino, Minister of Economy, Spain

4:00 pm - 4:25 pm
The Price to Stop Climate Change:

The window to stop climate change is closing rapidly and Finance Ministers must play a role. A carbon tax can stop the planet’s warming, but at what cost to people and governments?

Moderator: Justin Worland, TIME

Speaker:

• Vitor Gaspar, Director of Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Putting a Value on Marine Life:

A whale sequesters about 33 tons of carbon dioxide on its body when it dies and sinks to the ocean floor. They also are responsible for indirectly fertilizing phytoplankton, capturing around the same amount of carbon dioxide as 78 billion trees per year. How can we put a price on the benefits this marine life gives back to the earth?

Speakers:

• Ralph Chami, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
• Joe Roman, University of Vermont

Moderator: Alejandro Werner, Director of Western Hemisphere Department

Speaker:

• Julio Velarde, Governor of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Taro Aso, Finance Minister, Japan
• Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan
• Yoshiki Takeuchi, Vice-Finance Minister for International Affairs, Japan
• Kimura Koichi

Moderator: Poul M. Thomsen, Director of European Department

Speaker:

• Mark Carney, Governor of Bank of England

Speakers:

• Introductory remarks by Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
• Keynote remarks by Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (tbc)
• Key statements by the IPSF members: Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF
• Meera Louis, Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

Speakers:

• Alejandro Werner, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
• Patricia Alonso-Gamo, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
• Nigel Chalk, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
• Aasim Husain, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
• Krishna Srinivasan, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
• Raphael Anspach, Communications Officer, IMF

Moderator: Alejandro Werner, Director of Western Hemisphere Department

• Speaker: Mario Marcel, Governor of the Central Bank of Chile

Speakers:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
• Lesetja Kganyago, Chairman for the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC)
• Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF

Moderator: Brian Cheung, Reporter, Yahoo Finance

Panelists::

• Sunil John, President – Middle East, and Founder of ASDA’A BCW
• Syrine Chaalala, co-Founder and Managing Director, nextProtein
• Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF