1998 Spring Meetings
of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank
Group
April 13–April 17 Washington,
D.C.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS |
| Monday, April
13 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Press Room opens |
World Bank H Building Auditorium1 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
IMF Press Conference
Michael Mussa, IMF Economic Counsellor
and Director, Research Department on the
World Economic Outlook
Transcript |
IMF Meeting Hall2 |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
World Bank Press Briefing
The World Bank and the Summit of the Americas Transcript
|
World Bank H Building Annex
|
| 2:30-4:00 p.m. |
IMF Economic Forum
Expanded Structural Adjustment Forum (ESAF) |
IMF Meeting Hall
|
Tuesday, April 14 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
IMF Press Conference
Michel Camdessus,
Managing Director, IMF Transcript |
IMF Meeting Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
World Bank Press Conference
Progress on the Strategic Compact Transcript
|
World Bank H Building Annex
|
Wednesday, April
15 |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Group of 24 Ministers
Chairman: Mr. Abdelkrim Harchaoui, Minister
of Finance of Algeria |
IMF Meeting Hall
Pool3
|
| 10:30 a.m. |
World Bank Press Conference
James D. Wolfensohn, President
World Bank Group Transcript |
World Bank Conference
Room, Room J-10504 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
World Bank Asian Lessons for Latin America Roundtable Transcript
|
World Bank Conference Room J B1-080
|
| 4:00 p.m. |
Press Conference
Chairman, Group of 24 Ministers
Communiqué |
IMF Meeting Hall |
Thursday, April 16
|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Group of 10 Ministers
Chairman: Gordon Brown,
Chancellor of the Exchequer,
United Kingdom
Communiqué |
IMF Executive Board Room
Pool |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Interim Committee
Chairman: Philippe Maystadt,
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Finance, Belgium
IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus Statement to the Interim Committee |
IMF Meeting Hall
Pool
|
| 10:00 a.m. |
World Bank Press Conference
Joseph Stiglitz, Senior Vice President
and Chief Economist, World Bank Group World Development Indicators Transcript
|
World Bank Conference
Room, Room JB-1080 |
| 11:30 a.m. |
G10 Press Briefing — "Macroeconomic Impact of Aging"
|
World Bank H Building Annex |
|
7:40 p.m. |
Press Conference
Chairman, Interim Committee,
Managing Director, IMF
Communiqué |
IMF Meeting Hall |
Friday, April 17 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Development Committee
Chairman: Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Malaysia
Communiqué
|
IMF Meeting Hall
Pool |
3:45 p.m.
|
Press Conference
Chairman, Development Committee |
IMF Meeting Hall |
Notes:
1The address of the H Building Auditorium is: 600 19th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433.
2The address of the IMF Meeting Hall is: IMF
Headquarters, 700 19th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431.
3Pool events: There will be short photographic sessions
at
the start of ministerial meetings which will be pooled. Please contact David Hawley, IMF
Information Division, telephone (202) 623-7074, fax (202) 623-6772, E-mail DHawley @
IMF.org for details on the pool.
4The address of the J Building is: 701 18th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20433.
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