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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke at the fourth ministerial roundtable on Ukraine during IMF-World Bank meetings in Marrakesh, Morocco. The mee…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde briefed reporters and responded to questions before the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group annual meeting at t…

U.S., African, and World Bank officials spoke about economic development in Africa and the modernization and renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Secretary Kerry spoke a…

Jim Yong Kim held a press briefing at the 2014 Spring International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meeting. Topics included reform efforts, global climate change, Ukraine and the effects…

Christine Lagarde held a press briefing at the 2014 Spring International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meeting. She addressed IMF reforms, Ukraine and the effects of sanctions against R…

Christine Lagarde spoke at a news conference ahead of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting. She said the current economic situation was entering a “dangerous phase,” and…

World Bank President Robert Zoellick talked about the state of the global economy. Among the topics he addressed were the role of developing countries, international financial assistance pro…

Economist Joseph Stiglitz talked about his book Making Globalization Work, published by W.W. Norton. He discussed the pros and cons of globalization, examining such issues as trade, intellec…

President Wolfowitz talked with reporters about a number of issues including the state of the global economy, economic programs to assist developing countries, debt relief, and upcoming trad…

Mr. de Rato talked with reporters about the IMF Spring Meetings on the challenges facing the global economy. Topics included the latest paper on IMF’s Medium-Term Strategy, world economic gr…

Officials talked about a report on the lessons learned from 10 years of the NAFTA treaty and suggestions for the future operation of the treaty. Following their remarks they answered questio…

World finance ministers and bank officials spoke about a variety of issues including the financial impact of September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., fighting world poverty, aid to developing…

Mr. Wolfensohn spoke to reporters about the goals of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund being held in Washington, DC. Among the topics he addressed were the progress of existing …

Ms. Robinson spoke to business leaders about human rights and the importance of economic development in ensuring human rights. Among the issues she addressed were United Nations activities i…

President Bush spoke to economic leaders about providing debt relief to developing nations through direct grants rather than loan programs.

James Wolfenson, World Bank president, and Tarin Nimmananahaeminda, Development Committee chairman for the International Monetary Fund, talked to reporters about the World Bank meeting. They…

Participants talked about the world economy and the need to build programs for debt relief for developing nations. They spoke about the conditions in several developing countries and said th…

The World Bank held a news conference to discuss the July 16 release of World Development Report 1990. The publication discusses prospects for the world economy in the next decade.

President Bush addressed the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to talk about the global economy.

Vice President of the World Bank, Attila Karaosman Oglu, held a Press Conference about economic prospects in Asia.