The Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, parliamentarians, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organizations and...

The theme of the conference is "Analytical Foundations for Cooperation in a Multipolar World". Subthemes: - Perspectives and policies for sustainable, inclusive growth - Poverty and inequality in a rapidly changing world - Sustainable development for the 21st Century - Structural transformation...

Propositions for presentation at the conference are invited for the following thematic areas: - Methodological innovations for research and monitoring on land and globally comparable land data generation - Strategies for expanding coverage, reliability, transparency and sustainability of land...

The overall theme for the 18th Annual Conference is "Information for the Policy Maker: Practical Economic Modelling for Tomorrow" with subthemes on: - International trade and trade policy - Climate change and adaptation - Impacts of energy and climate policy - Labour markets and migration -...

Topic: Sharing Prosperity, Delivering Results UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs and World Bank leaders discussed what it will take to boost income growth among the bottom 40%.

The themes of the Eleventh Annual Conference are: - Globalization and economies in transition; - Development, poverty and vulnerability; - Energy and environment; and - Wealth, aging and income distribution