Istanbul to host 2009 IMF meetings

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 

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The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on October 6–7, 2009.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the IMF.

The IMF and World Bank annual meetings which is held in every October with participation of finance ministers, central bankers, and other top economists of 186 member countries.

	All eyes will be on Istanbul.
—Murilo Portugal

These meetings are held outside Washington, D.C. in every three years. Turkey will host the meetings for a second time. It was the host country for the meetings in 1955.

“All eyes will be on Istanbul,” said Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director at the IMF, on a recent trip to Turkey. “The annual meetings are a unique opportunity to discuss issues of great global economic importance, make decisions and provide guidance on the work of the two institutions.”

Sources

• "IMF Chief Puts Focus on Building Stable Post-Crisis World" — IMF, October 2, 2009
• "IMF and World Bank meetings in Istanbul" — Reuters, October 4, 2009