Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group

The IMF and World Bank meet each autumn in what is officially known as the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group and each spring in the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. Names of the two groups are alternated each year so a different one has top billing.

The autumn meetings are customarily held in Washington, D.C., United States for two consecutive years, and in another member country in the third year. At the spring and annual meetings there are meetings of the World Bank-IMF Development Committee and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC). Each committee is made of up ministers or central bank governors. There are equivalent numbers and the same constituency systems as is used at the Executive boards of the institutions. At the annual meetings, the governors of the World Bank and IMF also meet in plenary sessions.

Until the 2008 financial crisis, both the spring and annual meetings were preceded by meetings of the G7 finance ministers. During the 2008 financial crisis, for the first time the 2008 annual meetings included a meeting of G20 finance ministers. The 2009 annual meetings witnessed the last meetings of the G7 finance ministers, with all future spring and annual meetings accompanied by G20 finance minister meetings. The spring and annual meetings also include meetings of the finance ministers of the G-24 group of developing countries.

Since the mid-1990s, these meetings have centerpoints for anti-globalization movement protests. There have been complete bans on outdoor protests in the 2003 meetings in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as well as the 2006 meeting in Singapore, where only indoor demonstrations within a designated area is permitted. Some argue that such bans are out of safety concerns, while others consider them an effort to curb dissent. These measures have led to retaliatory actions by NGOs who targeted the organisers, as well as the IMF and World Bank for allegedly picking venues which are known to impose such restrictions.

List of Annual Meetings Year Date Venue1947 London, United Kingdom1950 Paris, France1952 Mexico City, Mexico1955 Istanbul, Turkey1958 New Delhi, India1961 Vienna, Austria1964 Tokyo, Japan1967 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1970 Copenhagen, Denmark1973 Nairobi, Kenya1976 Manila, Philippines1979 Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada1985 Seoul, South Korea1988 Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany1991 Bangkok, Thailand1994 Madrid, Spain1996September 26 to October 3Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C., United States1997September 17 to 25Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China1998September 29 to October 8Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., United States1999September 25 to 30Headquarters of the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., United States2000September 19 to 28Prague, Czech Republic2001November 17 to 18World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United StatesOttawa, Ontario, Canada (meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee)2002September 29World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United States2003September 23 to 24 Dubai, United Arab Emirates2004October 3Washington, D.C., United States2005September 24 to 25Washington, D.C., United States2006September 13 to 20Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore2007 October 20 to 22 Washington, D.C., United States2008 October 13 Washington, D.C., United States2009 October 6 to 7 Istanbul, Turkey2010October 8 to 10 Washington, D.C., United States2011 September 23 to 25 Washington, D.C., United States2012October 9 to 14 Tokyo, Japan2013October 11 to 13 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United StatesGW Today - Five Updates on the Global Economy from Christine Lagarde’s ‘Hardtalk’ Interview2014 October 10 to 12 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States2015 October 9 to 11 Lima, Peru2016 October 7 to 9 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States2017 October 13 to 15 George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States2018 October 8 to 14 Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia2019 October 14 to 20 Washington, D.C., United States2019 October 12 to 18 Washington, D.C., United States2021 October 11 to 17 virtual2022 October 10 to 16 Washington, D.C., United States2023October 9 to 15Marrakesh, Morocco2024October 21 to 26Washington, D.C., United States2025October 13 to 18Washington, D.C., United States2026October 12 to 18Bangkok, Thailand

Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group

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