8:00 - 9:30 am

An introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for civil society

10:00 - 11:30 am

An introduction to the World Bank Group (WBG) for civil society

8:00 - 9:30 am

World Bank fossil fuel finance in the context of Covid-19 recovery, CCAP and COP26

10:00 - 11:30 am

Getting all children back into better schools: The essential role of public education in the COVID-19 era

8:00 - 9:30 am

COVID-19 Recovery: From Government Response to Private Sector-Led Sustainable Growth

10:00 - 11:30 am

The World Bank’s Development Policy Financing: implications for a just, green and feminist recovery

8:00 - 9:30 am

The Cascade/MFD and a just and sustainable recovery: A first review in the pandemic context

10:00 - 11:30 am

How can we foster open and inclusive budgets in times of crisis and beyond?

8:00 - 9:30 am

Mapping Pandemic Vulnerabilities in Middle-Income Countries: Implications for the Policy Response

10:00 - 11:30 am

Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Implementation in Latin America: Main challenges and lessons to be learned

8:00 - 9:30 am

Making the Most of Special Drawing Rights: Approaches to Maximize Impact and Create a Sustainable and Just Recovery

10:00 - 11:30 am

Strengthening Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Developing Countries: Opportunities for Financing Social Innovation and Climate Change Resilience

8:00 - 9:30 am

Reclaiming civic space for effective participation in governance & development

10:00 - 11:30 am

IMF surcharges: A necessary tool or counter-productive obstacle to a just and green recovery?

Speaker:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Opening Remarks: Geoffrey Okamoto, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director MCM, IMF

Panelists:

• Caitlin Long, Founder & CEO, Avanti Bank & Trust
• Dave Jevans, Founder & CEO, CipherTrace
• Vachira Arromdee, Deputy Governor, Corporate Development, Bank of Thailand
• Elijah Mazibuko, Head of Financial Surveillance Department, South African Reserve Bank

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8:00 - 9:30 am

Digital ID for Inclusive Development? Emerging evidence on social exclusion and its broader implications

10:00 - 11:30 am

Building back better health systems: lessons from the WBG's Covid-19 response and recovery plans

Moderator: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF

Panelists:

• Markus Brunnermeier, Edwards S. Sanford Professor at Princeton University
• Neha Narula, Director, Digital Currency Initiative, MIT Media Lab
• Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, Monetary and Economic Department - BIS

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Moderator: Sonja Davidovic, Digital Expert, IMF

Panelists:

• Aristides Cavalcante, Deputy Head of IT Department, Central Bank of Brazil
• Nizar Chadded, Central Bank of Tunisia
• Raunak Mittal, IMF/WB CBDC Lab
• Wee-Kee Toh, BISIH

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Moderator: Rhoda Weeks-Brown, General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department, IMF

Panelists:

• Gerard Ryle, Director, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• Christopher Nelson, Microsoft
• Tobin Bradley, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Closing Remarks: Rosmarie Schlup, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

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8:00 - 9:30 am

Building Back Better through IDA-20: Public Investment as a tool for Socio-Economic Transformation in Africa

10:00 - 11:30 am

The role of the World Bank in combatting economic gender inequality in conflict-affected countries

Opening Remarks: Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Speaker: Ruud De Mooij, Advisor Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Moderator: Gerardo Una, Senior Economist, IMF

Panelists:

• Fernando Barraza, Revenue Agency Chile
• Dharitri Panda, Finance Ministry, India
• Cina Lawson, Minister of Digital Economy, Togo
• Henri Lindeberg, Estonia Tax Agency

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Moderator: Herve Tourpe, Head of Digital Advisory Unit, IMF

Panelists:

• Dr. Ihab Abouais, Vice-Minister of Finance for Public Treasury, Egypt
• Morten Meyerhoff-Nielsen, EGOV Adviser at UN University
• Julia Glidden, Corporate Vice President Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft
• Huda AlHashimi, Chief Government Innovation, UAE

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Opening Remarks: Yan Liu, Deputy General Counsel, IMF

Moderator: Francisca Fernando, Counsel, IMF

Panelists:

• Ashish Kumar, Policy Analyst, Financial Action Task Force
• Erin Lubowicz, Deputy Executive Secretary, Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering
• Aliimuamua Malaefono Taua-T. Faasalaina, Chief Statistician, Samoa Bureau of Statistics
• Richard Bunting, Principal Specialist, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
• Robin Newnham, Head of Policy Analysis, Alliance for Financial Inclusion

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Speaker:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF

9:00 - 10:30 am

Faith & Moral Agency in building resilience and human capital in the wake of COVID-19

10:00 - 11:30 am

Feminist Fiscal Justice and the IMF: Insights from Pakistan and Ecuador

Speaker: 

• Gibril Ibrahim, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Sudan

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

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Opening Remarks: Antoinette M. Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Sharmini Coorey, Director, IMF Institute for Capacity Development

Speakers: 

• Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director-General for the Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission
• Catherine Pattillo, Deputy Director, IMF African Department
• Vitor Gaspar, Director, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department
• Takuji Tanaka, Executive Director for the IMF for Japan

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Speaker: 

• Rodrigo Cubero, Governor of the Central Bank of Costa Rica

Moderator: Nigel Chalk, Acting Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

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Hosts:

• Oana Croitoru, Deputy Division Chief, IMF Institute for Capacity Development
• Roger Nord, Deputy Director, IMF Institute for Capacity Development

Speakers:

• Elsie Addo Awadzi, Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana
• Aditya Narain, Deputy Director, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department
• Yoke Wang Tok, Senior Economist, Singapore Training Institute

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Speakers: 

• Margaux Macdonald, Research Department, IMF
• Davide Malacrino, Research Department, IMF

Presenter in Q&A: Ashique Habib, Research Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Francesca Caselli, Research Department, IMF

Speakers: 

• Sébastien Leduc, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Carolina Osorio-Buitron, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

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Moderator: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Keynote Speech: António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations

Panelists:

• Rindra Hasimbelo Rabarinirinarison, Minister of Finance, Madagascar
• Gibril Ibrahim Mohammed, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Sudan
• Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross

Speaker: 

• Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance of Ireland and President of the Eurogroup

Moderator: Alfred Kammer, Director, European Department, IMF

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Speaker: 

• Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia

Moderator: Alfred Kammer, Director, European Department, IMF

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Moderator: Andy Berg, Deputy Director, IMF Institute for Capacity Development

Speakers: 

• Innocent Molalapata, Deputy Director in the Research and Financial Stability Department, Bank of Botswana
• Margarida Martins, Senior Economist, IMF Statistics Department
• Abdoul Aziz Wane, Director, IMF Africa Training Institute and AFRITAC South

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Speakers:

• Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, IMF
• Petya Koeva Brooks, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
• Malhar Nabar, Division Chief, World Economic Studies Division, IMF

Moderator: Jennifer Beckman, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Speakers:

• Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Fabio M. Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Nassira Abbas, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department

Moderator: Meera Louis, Communications Officer, IMF

The heads of the IMF, World Bank Group, WHO and WTO discuss accelerating global access to vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, and how to measure this progress.

Speakers:

• Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Paolo Mauro, Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Paulo Medas, Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Moderator: Ting Yan, Communications Officer, IMF

Speaker:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF

Speaker: 

• Hippolyte Balima, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Carine Meyimdjui, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF
• Diego Gomes, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Presenters in Q&A:

• Stefania Fabrizio, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF
• Marina M. Tavares, Research Department, IMF

Speaker: 

• Ting Lan, Statistics Department, IMF

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Climate change presents a major threat to people and countries. Ahead of COP26, we look at policies to contain emissions, increase resilience, and move toward a low-carbon economy.

The G20 Finance Track’s Co-Chairs will present the main outcomes of the 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting under the Italian Presidency. October 13 at 3:15 PM ET.

Speaker: 

• Fazle Kabir, Governor of Bangladesh Bank

Moderator: Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF

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Speakers: 

• Jehann Jack, African Department, IMF
• Tarak Jardak, European Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Ehsan Ebrahimy, Institute of Capacity Development, IMF

Speaker: 

• Maksym Markevych, Legal Department, IMF

Speakers: 

• Marco Casiraghi, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Gunes Kamber, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

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Speakers:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
• Magdalena Andersson, Chairman, International Monetary and Financial Committee

Moderator: Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF

Moderator: Martin Caudron, Communications Officer, IMF Institute for Capacity Development

Speakers:

• Sashi Jayatileke, Senior Climate Finance Advisor, Center for Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, USAID
• Martin Kipping, Head of Climate Policy Division, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Chol Suphachalasai, Technical Assistance Advisor, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department

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Speakers: 

• Natalija Novta, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
• Gemma Preston, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Gregor Schwerhoff, Research Department, IMF

Speakers: 

• Chao He, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
• Diane C. Kostroch, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

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Speakers:

• Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist and Director, Research Department, IMF
• Ruchir Agarwal, Senior Economist, Research Department, IMF
• Elizabeth Schulze, Reporter, ABC News

Speakers:

• Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Taline Koranchelian, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Moderator: Wafa Amr, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Speaker:

• Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF

Moderator: Keiko Utsunomiya, Deputy Division Chief, Communications Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Alfred Kammer, Director, European Department, IMF

Moderator: Raphael Anspach, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Moderator: Valerie Cerra, Assistant Director, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department

Speakers:

• Scott Caldwell, Deputy Head of the Public Finance and Tax Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom
• Aqib Aslam, Deputy Division Chief, IMF African Department
• Dora Benedek, Deputy Division Chief, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department
• Victor Duarte Lledo, Senior Economist, IMF African Department

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Speaker:

• Abebe Amero Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF

Moderator: Andrew Kanyegirire, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Speaker:

• Nigel Chalk, Acting Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

Moderator: Maria Candia Romano, Communications Officer, IMF