The Atlantic Council hosted a series of special events during the 2024 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
These in-depth interviews brought together central bank governors and finance and development ministers from around the world to discuss the outlook for 2024 and beyond. This series is part of the Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center’s Bretton Woods 2.0 Project, which produces new ideas on reform of the Bretton Woods institutions.
Agenda
Monday, April 15
- A conversation with the Minister of Finance of Mexico, Rogelio Ramírez de la O
11:30 a.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A conversation with the Minister of Finance of Bangladesh, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali
2:00 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - What to do with Russia’s blocked reserves?
2:30 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank, Anna Bjerde
3:15 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Minister for Finance and Revenue of Pakistan, Muhammad Aurangzeb
3:30 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - The costs of conflict and key themes for the week
5:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location
Tuesday, April 16
- A conversation with the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Mafalda Duarte
9:00 a.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - Reimagining digital development for post-war reconstruction with Olga Zykova, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine
12:15 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - Sanctions & the dollar: Challenges to the world’s reserve currency
3:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location
Wednesday, April 17
- A conversation with the Minister of Economy of Spain, Carlos Cuerpo
9:30 a.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - Beyond the World Bank: Innovative guarantee solutions for clean energy financing
10:30 a.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - Designing the new finance architecture for adaptation and resilience
11:00 a.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - Decoding the IMF’s World Economic Outlook
1:00 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A conversation with the Minister of Finance of Democratic Republic of Congo, Nicolas Kazadi
1:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Jin Liqun
2:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Minister of Finance of South Africa, Enoch Godongwana
2:55 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location
- Developing Country Debt and ‘Restructuring Fatigue’
4:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Minister for Finance of Ireland, Michael McGrath
4:45 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor
Thursday, April 18
- A conversation with the President of the European Investment Bank, Nadia Calviño
8:30 a.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A conversation with the UK Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Lisa Nandy
10:15 a.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with Megan Greene, Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
11:00 a.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor
- Monetary policy and its discontents
1:30 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the European Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni
1:30 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A conversation with the Minister of Economy, Planning, and Development of Côte d’Ivoire, Nialé Kaba
2:30 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Rami Aboulnaga
3:00 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A conversation with the Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt, Rania Al-Mashat
4:00 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A Global View of Housing
4:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location
Friday, April 19
- A conversation with UN Undersecretary General and Executive Director of UNOPS, Jorge Moreira da Silva
9:15 a.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - Reforming the global financial architecture: Towards a system that delivers for the South report launch with Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Minister of Finance of Morocco
10:00 a.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Minister of Economy of Guatemala, Gabriela García-Quinn
11:00 a.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - A conversation with the IMF’s Director of the Middle East and Central Asia, Jihad Azour
11:15 a.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the Minister of Finance of Poland, Andrzej Domański
12:00 p.m. ET
Atlantic Council HQ, 1030 15th St NW 12th floor - Realizing demographic dividends to inclusive growth
12:15 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - A conversation with the UN’s Assistant Secretary General of Economic Development, Navid Hanif
1:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - Stijn Claessens: Monetary Policy, Crypto Currencies, and Financial Stability.
3:00 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - Understanding the debate over IMF quota reform
3:45 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location - IMF – World Bank Week Wrap Up Event
4:30 p.m. ET
IMF HQ1 Atrium, Atlantic Council Broadcast Location
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