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This site contains some of the statements made in the plenary sessions of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (Fund) , as submitted in electronic form to the Joint Secretariat. These statements are reproduced as submitted by the delegates concerned and have not been checked against delivery; they have not been edited, but in a few cases grammatical and/or typographic errors have been corrected.

The statements reflect only the views of the speakers and not those of the Bank and the Fund.

Paper copies of all speeches are issued as press releases and are normally made available at the Meetings' site upon delivery.

The English version of all speeches made at the plenary sessions will be issued in the Summary Proceedings of the institutions.
Press Releases
Press Release TitleCountrySession
1 Opening Address by Governor Zoran Stavreski, Chairman of the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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   October 13, 2008
2 Address by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, to the Board of Governors of the Fund, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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   October 13, 2008
3 Address by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, to the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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   October 13, 2008
4 Report to the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund by the Chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors, the Hon. Youssef Boutros-Ghali
   October 13, 2008
5 Report to the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank by the Hon. Agustin Carstens, Chairman of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries (Development Committee) at the Joint Annual Discussion
   October 13, 2008
6 Statement by the Hon. Clay Lowery, Temporary Alternate Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for United States, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 United States October 13, 2008
7 Statement by the Hon. A.B. Mirza Md. Azizul Islam, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Bangladesh, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Bangladesh October 13, 2008
8 Statement by the Hon. NGUYEN VAN GIAU, Governor of the IMF for Vietnam, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Vietnam October 13, 2008
9 Statement by the Hon. James Michael Flaherty, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Canada, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Canada October 13, 2008
10 Statement by the Hon. Michael C. Bonello, Governor of the IMF for Malta, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Malta October 13, 2008
11 Statement by the Hon. Ivari Padar, Governor of the World Bank Group for Republic of Estonia, on behalf of the Nordic Baltic Countries at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Estonia, Republic of October 13, 2008
12 Statement by the Hon. Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Malaysia, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Malaysia October 13, 2008
13 Joint Statement by the Hon. Boediono, Governor of the Fund and the Hon. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Governor of the World Bank, for Indonesia, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Indonesia October 13, 2008
14 Statement by the Hon. Baburam Bhattarai, Governor of the World Bank Group for Nepal, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Nepal October 13, 2008
15 Statement by the Hon. Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech, Governor of the World Bank Group for Thailand, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Thailand October 13, 2008
16 Statement by the Hon. YI Gang, Governor of the IMF for People's Republic of China, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 China, People's Republic of October 13, 2008
19 Statement by the Hon. 'Otenifi Afu'alo Matoto, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Tonga, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Tonga October 13, 2008
20 Statement by the Hon. Christine Lagarde, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for France, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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 France October 13, 2008
21 Statement by the Hon. Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, Governor of the IMF for Bolivia, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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 Bolivia October 13, 2008
22 Statement by the Hon. Zvi Eckstein, Alternate Governor of the IMF for Israel, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Israel October 13, 2008
23 Statement by the Hon. Mariana Durleasteanu, Governor of the World Bank Group for Republic of Moldova, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Moldova, Republic of October 13, 2008
25 Statement by the Hon. George Alogoskoufis, Governor of the IMF for Greece, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Greece October 13, 2008
26 Statement by the Hon. Margarito B. Teves, Governor of the World Bank Group for Philippines, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Philippines October 13, 2008
27 Statement by the Hon. Boris Vujcic, Governor of the IMF for Republic of Croatia, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Croatia, Republic of October 13, 2008
28 Statement by the Hon. Anwar ul-Haq Ahady, Governor of the World Bank Group for Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of October 13, 2008
29 Statement by the Hon. Wayne Swan, M.P., Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Australia, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Australia October 13, 2008
30 Statement by the Hon. Seyyed Shams Al-din Hosseini, Governor of the World Bank Group for Islamic Republic of Iran, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Iran, Islamic Republic of October 13, 2008
31 Statement by the Hon. Natan Teewe, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Kiribati, on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Kiribati October 13, 2008
32 Statement by the Hon. Pawel Samecki, Governor of the World Bank Group for Republic of Poland, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Poland, Republic of October 13, 2008
33 Statement by the Hon. Masaaki Shirakawa, Alternate Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Japan, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Japan October 13, 2008
34 Statement by the Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for The Bahamas, on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Bahamas, The October 13, 2008
35 Statement by the Hon. Shaukat Tarin, Governor of the World Bank Group for Pakistan, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Pakistan October 13, 2008
36 Statement by the Hon. Martin Mansergh, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Ireland, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Ireland October 13, 2008
37 Statement by the Hon. Daniel Dorsainvil, Governor of the World Bank Group for Haiti, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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 Haiti October 13, 2008
38 Joint Statement by the Hon. Chea Chanto, Governor of the Fund, and the Hon. Aun Porn Moniroth, Governor of the World Bank, for Cambodia, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Cambodia October 13, 2008
39 Statement by the Hon. Ashok Chawla, Alternate Governor of the World Bank Group for India, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 India October 13, 2008
40 Statement by the Hon. Arni M. Mathiesen, Governor of the IMF for Iceland, on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic Constituency, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Iceland October 13, 2008
41 Statement by the Hon. Jean-Pierre Arnoldi, Alternate Governor of the IMF for Belgium, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Belgium October 13, 2008
42 Statement by the Hon. David O. Carew, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Sierra Leone, on behalf of the African Governors at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Sierra Leone October 13, 2008
43 Statement by the Hon. Sarath Amunugama, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Sri Lanka, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Sri Lanka October 13, 2008
44 Statement by the Hon. Pedro Sobles Mira, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Spain, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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 Spain October 13, 2008
45 Statement by the Hon. Jean-Pierre Roth, Governor of the IMF for Switzerland, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Switzerland October 13, 2008
46 Statement by the Hon. Ruud Treffers, Temporary Alternate Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Kingdom of the Netherlands - Netherlands, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands October 13, 2008
47 Statement by the Hon. Emilia Pires, Governor of the World Bank Group for Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of October 13, 2008
48 Statement by the Hon. Man-Soo Kang, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Republic of Korea, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Korea, Republic of October 13, 2008
49 Statement by the Hon. Peceli Vocea, Governor of the World Bank Group for Fiji, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Fiji October 13, 2008
50 Statement by the Hon. John Whitehead, Governor of the World Bank Group for New Zealand, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 New Zealand October 13, 2008
51 Concluding Remarks by Governor Zoran Stavreski, Chairman of the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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   October 13, 2008
52 Statement by the Hon. U Than Nyein, Governor of the IMF for Myanmar, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Myanmar October 13, 2008
53 Statement by the Hon. Hermann Remsperger , Temporary Alternate Governor of the IMF for Germany, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Germany October 13, 2008
54 Statement by the Hon. Mehmet SIMSEK, Governor of the IMF for Turkey, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Turkey October 13, 2008
55 Concluding Remarks by the Hon. Nguyen Van Giau, Governor of the Fund at the Closing Joint Session
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 Vietnam October 13, 2008
56 Statement by the Hon. Awad Ahmed Elgaz, Governor of the World Bank Group for Sudan, on behalf of the Arab Governors at the Joint Annual Discussion
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 Sudan October 13, 2008
57 Statement by the Hon. Aleksei L. Kudrin, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Russian Federation, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Russian Federation October 13, 2008
58 Concluding Remarks by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the Closing Joint Session
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   October 13, 2008
59 Statement by the Hon. Viengthong Siphandone, Governor of the World Bank Group for Lao People's Democratic Republic, at the Joint Annual Discussion
 Lao People's Democratic Republic October 13, 2008