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Date 		Event
March 10-11, 2009 Africa's Changes and Challenges: High-Level Conference co-hosted by the IMF, addressing key policy questions for growth in Africa in the 21st century, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
November 13-14, 2008 Macro-Financial Linkages—IMF Ninth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC
October 28-29, 2008 IMF High Level Conference on Fiscal Risks: Sources, Disclosure, and Management, Paris, France
September 26, 2008 A Financial Stability Framework for Europe: Managing Financial Soundness in an Integrating Market, Frankfurt, Germany
September 25-27, 2008 Taxing Natural Resources: New Challenges and New Perspectives, Washington, D.C.
September 24, 2008 The Food and Fuel Price Crisis: Seminar on Recent Developments, Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Responses, Washington D.C.
September 23, 2008 Summary Note on the IMF/OECD/World Bank Workshop on Food and Fuel Prices, Washington, D.C.
September 18, 2008 Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) - The Global Economy and Financial Turmoil: Finding Our Footing, Washington, D.C.
July 1, 2008 Increase in Food and Fuel Prices—Seminar on Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Responses, Washington, D.C.
May 20, 2008 Financial Turbulence and the Global Financial System, A Pre-G8 Finance Ministers' Meeting Symposium, Tokyo, Japan
April 29-30, 2008 The Tenth Annual OECD-World Bank-IMF Bond Market Forum, Washington, DC
April 24-25, 2008 Conference on International Macro-Finance, Washington, D.C.
April 18, 2008 Conference on Financial Cycles, Liquidity, and Securitization, Washington, D.C.
March 4-5, 2008 High-Level Seminar on African Finance for the 21st Century, Tunis, Tunisia
February 28-29, 2008 Conference on the Causes and Consequences of Structural Reforms, Washington, D.C.
January 22-24, 2008 IMF Seminar for the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee of the Tanzanian Parliament , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
December 17, 2007 Financial Stability and Financial Sector Supervision: Lessons from the Past Decade and Way Forward, Tokyo, Japan
November 29, 2007 IMF Book Forum: One Economics, Many Recipes - Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth, Washington, DC
November 26, 2007 Economic and Financial Linkages in the Western Hemisphere, Washington DC
November 15-16, 2007 Jacques Polak Eighth Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC
September 27-28, 2007 Tenth Annual International Banking Conference: Globalization and Systemic Risk, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 24, 2007 Book Launch and Panel Discussion: 'Integrating Europe's Financial Markets', Delegation of the European Commission, 2300 M Street, NW Washington DC, 20037
September 24, 2007 Oxfam International -- Should the IMF exit low income countries? Or do the world's poorest nations depend on the IMF not only for macroeconomic stability and growth - essential for poverty reduction? Or is the answer somewhere in between?, HQ1 - Meeting Halls A & B
September 19-20, 2007 Conference on "Macroeconomic Policies and Social Equity", Lima, Peru
September 13, 2007 Policy Communication Seminar: The Risk of a U.S. Hard Landing and Implications for the Global Economy and Financial Markets -- Talk by Nouriel Roubini, New York University , Washington, DC
July 16-19, 2007 IMF Book Forum: Economic Growth and Integration in Central America -- Central America Tour, Guatemala, ElSalvador, Panama, and Costa Rica
June 28-29, 2007 Sixth Annual Regional Conference on Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, San José, Costa Rica
June 21, 2007 IMF Book Forum: Economic Growth and Integration in Central America, Washington, D.C.
June 5, 2007 IMF Policy Seminar on Financial Integration in the Nordic-Baltic Region, Washington, DC
May 11, 2007 IMF Book Forum -- In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India, Washington, D.C.
May 10, 2007 IMF Book Forum: Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises, Washington, DC
April 27, 2007 IMF Economic Forum -- New Perspectives on Financial Globalization, Washington, D.C.
April 26-27, 2007 New Perspectives on Financial Globalization, Washington D.C.
April 19-20, 2007 Policy Options and Challenges for Developing Asia-Perspectives from the IMF and Asia, Tokyo, Japan
April 6, 2007 IMF Conference on Global Implications of China's Trade, Investment and Growth, Washington, DC
April 4, 2007 High-Level Regional Seminar on Inflation Targeting, Rabat, Morocco
March 8, 2007 Economic Forum: Is India's High Growth Sustainable?, Washington, DC
March 7-8, 2007 International Seminar on Strengthening Public Investment and Managing Fiscal Risks from Public-Private Partnerships, Budapest. Hungary
March 6, 2007 IMF Book Forum: Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate , Washington, DC
February 15, 2007 Seminar on Ageing, Pension Risk Management and Financial Stability, Washington DC
January 25, 2007 Policy Communication Seminar Is the Flat Tax Experiment a Failure? Talk by Michael Keen, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF , Washington, DC
December 19-20, 2006 IMF - Arab Monetary Fund High Level Seminar: Institutions and Economic Growth in the Arab Countries , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
December 14, 2006 IMF Book Forum - China and India: Expanding Roles in the World Economy, Washington, D.C.
November 28, 2006 Talk by Professor Ashish Arora--From Underdogs to Tigers: The Software Industry in Emerging Economies, Washington, D.C.
November 20, 2006 Symposium on Long-Run Fiscal Sustainability in Germany, Berlin, Germany
November 17, 2006 Economic Growth and Latin America: What Have We Learned?, Washington, DC
November 15, 2006 IMF Book Forum -- Handbook on Fiscal Federalism, Washington, D.C.
November 10, 2006 IMF Center Economic Forum: How Does Capital Account Liberalization Affect Economic Growth?, Washington, D.C.
November 9-10, 2006 Capital Flows -- IMF Seventh Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference , Washington, D.C.
November 7-8, 2006 Macroprudential Supervision Conference: Challenges for Financial Supervisors, Seoul, Korea
October 23-27, 2006 Seminar on Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law - Law and Financial Stability, Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2006 Delivering on the promises of 2005 : A Dialogue on the UK's Development Strategy, Washington, DC
July 10-11, 2006 Crisis Prevention in Emerging Markets -- IMF-Singapore Government High level seminar, Singapore
July 4, 2006 IMF/Royal African Society Joint Economic Forum - London: Scaling Up Aid—Can aid be more effective?, London, United Kingdom
June 29-30, 2006 Fifth Annual Regional Conference on Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
June 26-27, 2006 Accelerating Development in the Mekong Region--The Role of Economic Integration, Siem Reap, Cambodia
June 22, 2006 IMF Book Forum: Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation – Capitalism for All or Capitalism for the Few? CANCELED, Washington, D.C.
May 23, 2006 IMF Book Forum: Pragmatism: Latin America's New 'Ism'?, Washington, D.C.
May 18, 2006 IMF Book Forum: India's and China's Recent Experience with Reform and Growth, Washington, D.C.
May 2-3, 2006 Expert Forum on Advanced Techniques on Stress Testing: Applications for Supervisors, Washington, DC
April 13, 2006 Conference on Trade, Organized by the Trade and Investment Division of the Research Department, Washington, D.C.
March 29, 2006 IMF Book Forum: Is Globalization Here to Stay?, Washington, D.C.
March 8-10, 2006 Fifth Meeting on the Task Force on Harmonization of Public Sector Accounting, Paris, France
February 28, 2006-March 1, 2006 Realizing the Potential for Profitable Investment in Africa—High-Level Seminar organized by the IMF Institute/Joint Africa Institute, Tunis, Tunisia
February 8, 2006 IMF Center Book Forum: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, Washington, D.C.
January 22-24, 2006 Regional Seminar on Central Bank Communications, Mumbai, India
January 13, 2006 IMF Book Forum: Growth and Poverty Reduction in Armenia, Washington, D.C.
January 9, 2006 IMF Conference on Trade and Growth, Washington DC
November 4, 2005 IMF Center Economic Forum - Reforming the IMF: Governance and the Executive Board, Washington, D.C.
November 3-4, 2005 Reforms — IMF Sixth Annual Jacques Polak Research Conference , Washington, D.C.
October 19, 2005 IMF Book Forum -- Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade, Washington, D.C.
October 3-6, 2005 Fourth Meeting on the Task Force on Harmonization of Public Sector Accounting , Washington, D.C.
September 8, 2005 IMF Center Economic Forum - IMF Conditionality: Good, Bad, or Ugly? , Washington, D.C.
September 6-7, 2005 Financial Stability — Central Banking and Supervisory Challenges , Washington, D.C.,
July 21, 2005 IMF Book Forum -- Central America: Global Integration and Regional Cooperation, Washington, D.C.
July 6-7, 2005 Pre-Conference -- When Institutions Are Weak: Strategies for Change, Washington, D.C.
June 29-30, 2005 Fourth Annual Regional Conference on Central America and the Dominican Republic, Co-sponsored by the Central American Monetary Council and the IMF, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
June 23, 2005 IMF Book Forum - Beating the Business Cycle: Can Turning Points in the Economy be Predicted?, Washington, D.C.
June 8, 2005 The IMF in a Changing World -- Joint IMF-Bundesbank Symposium, Frankfurt, Germany
May 5, 2005 IMF Book Forum -- Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Washington, DC
April 19-20, 2005 Seminar on Asset Securitization and Structured Finance: Benefits, Risks and Regulatory Implications, Washington, D.C.
April 8, 2005 IMF Book Forum -- The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Washington, DC
March 24, 2005 IMF Book Forum -- Should Europe embrace 'Cowboy Capitalism' or go its own way?, Washington, DC
March 14-15, 2005 Seminar on Foreign Aid and Macroeconomic Management , Maputo, Mozambique
March 7, 2005 Open Forum on Germany's Banking Sector, Frankfurt, Germany
February 25, 2005 Economic Forum -- Tracking Grenada's Recovery: Six Months After Hurricane Ivan , Washington DC
February 16, 2005 Whither Development Economics? , Washington, D.C.
February 15-16, 2005 Macroeconomic Policy Challenges in Low Income Countries Conference, Washington, DC
December 1, 2004 IMF Book Forum -- The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS, Washington, DC
November 16-17, 2004 Global Financial Integration, Stability and Business Cycles: Exploring the Links -- European Central Bank/IMF Workshop, Frankfurt, Germany
November 4-5, 2004 Fifth IMF Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Policies, Institutions, and Instability, Washington, D.C.
October 19, 2004 IMF Economic Forum -- China in the Global Economy: Prospects and Challenges, Washington, D.C.
October 19, 2004 Recent Trade Research and Implications for Developing Countries, An IMF Conference , Washington, D.C.
October 6, 2004 IMF Book Forum -- Rules-Based Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets, Washington, D.C.
September 22-24, 2004 Meeting on the Task Force on Harmonization of Public Sector Accounting , Washington, D. C.
September 22, 2004 IMF Economic Forum -- Why Globalization Works , Washington, D.C.
July 8-9, 2004 Third Regional Conference on Central America—Economic Growth and Issues in Bank Resolution, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
June 30, 2004 Economic Forum: Managing Financial Risks--The Insurance Industry , Washington, D.C.
June 14-15, 2004 Dollars, Debt, and Deficits—60 Years After Bretton Woods International Conference, Co-organized by the Banco de España and the IMF, Madrid, Spain
June 11-12, 2004 Developmental Challenges Facing the Caribbean -- International Seminar Organized by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and the International Monetary Fund, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
June 8, 2004 IMF Book Forum: Does the IMF Always Prescribe Fiscal Austerity? Are Targets Too Tight?, Washington, D.C.
June 4-5, 2004 IMF Conference in honor of Michael Mussa: MussaFest, Washington D.C.
May 27, 2004 IMF Book Forum: Standards and Codes: Can They Prevent Financial Crises?, Washington, D.C.
May 24, 2004-June 4, 2004 IMF Seminar on Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Washington, D.C.
May 11, 2004 IMF Book Forum: Can Central Banks be Outsourced? - Issues in Money & Sovereignty , Washington, D.C.
May 4, 2004 Economic Forum: Adopting the Euro in the New Member states: the next step in European integration, Washington, D.C.
April 15, 2004 Economic Forum: Health, Wealth, and Welfare, Washington, D.C.
April 15-16, 2004 IMF Conference in honor of Guillermo A. Calvo, Washington, DC
April 7-8, 2004 The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: The Challenges of Growth and Globalization, Washington, D.C.
February 18, 2004 Economic Forum: In Defense of Globalization, Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2004 IMF Book Forum: Do Developing Countries Have a Say at the IMF? - Issues in IMF Governance, Washington, D.C.
December 16, 2003 IMF Economic Forum: Ensuring Financial Stability: The IMF's Role, Washington, D.C.
December 11, 2003 Economic Forum: Russia Rebounds, Washington, D.C.
November 14-16, 2003 A Tale of Two Giants: India's and China's Experience with Reform and Growth, New Delhi, India
November 13, 2003 Economic Forum: Who Will Pay the Bill?, Washington, D.C.
November 7, 2003 Economic Forum: Capital Flow Cycles: Old and New Challenges, Washington, D.C.
November 6-7, 2003 Fourth Annual IMF Research Conference:
Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Cycles, Washington, DC
October 27-28, 2003 IMF/BIS Conference on Real Estate Indicators and Financial Stability, Washington, DC
October 23-24, 2003 Macroeconomic Challenges in Low Income Countries Workshop, Washington, DC
October 16-18, 2003 Second Regional Conference on Poverty Reduction Strategies , Phnom Penh, Cambodia
September 21, 2003 Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
September 11-12, 2003 Joint Bank-Fund Workshop on Debt Sustainability in Low-Income Countries, Washington D.C.,
September 9, 2003 Economic Forum: Fulfilling a Promise: Reform Prospects in the MENA Region, Washington, D.C.
September 9, 2003 IMF Book Forum: Capitalism and its Critics, Washington, D.C.
May 29, 2003 Economic Forum: Should We Be Worried About 'Deflation'?, Washington, D.C.
May 27, 2003 Economic Forum: Is Financial Globalization Harmful for Developing Countries?, Washington, D.C.
May 19-21, 2003 High-level Seminar: Assessing Banking Fragility, Washington, D.C.
April 29, 2003 Economic Forum: Does IMF Fiscal Policy Advice End Up Hurting the Poor?, Washington, D.C.
April 3-4, 2003 Technical Workshop on Macroeconomic Analytical Issues in Taking the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) Approach Forward, Washington, DC,
January 31, 2003 Economic Forum: The 'Links' That Bind, Washington, D.C.
January 30-31, 2003 Global Linkages Conference, Washington, DC
January 22, 2003 Economic Forum - A New Approach to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: An IMF Proposal, Washington, D.C.
January 22, 2003 Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM) Conference, Washington, DC
January 22, 2003 A New Approach to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: An IMF Proposal, Washington, D.C.
November 8, 2002 Economic Forum - Promoting Better National Institutions: The Role of the IMF, Washington, D.C.
November 7-8, 2002 Third Annual IMF Research Conference:
Capital Flows and Global Governance, Washington, D.C.
October 8, 2002 Economic Forum: Is Global Inequality Rising?, Washington, D.C.
September 29, 2002 The Per Jacobsson Lecture, The Boom-Bust Capital Spending Cycle in the U.S.: Lessons Learned, Delivered by E. Gerald Corrigan, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co., Washington, D.C. (pdf file) ,
September 17, 2002 Economic Forum: Governing the IMF, Washington, D.C.
September 16-17, 2002 Conference on Challenges to Central Banking from Globalized Financial Systems, Washington, D.C.
September 12, 2002 Economic Forum on "Capacity Building: Lessons for Africa?", Washington, D.C.
August 16-17, 2002 Conference on Foreign Direct Investment: Opportunities and Challenges for Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam
August 12-14, 2002 Globalization in Historical Perspective, A High-Level Seminar , Washington, DC
July 7, 2002 Per Jacobsson Lecture, Recent Emerging Market Crises - What have we learned? by Guillermo Ortiz – Governor, Banco de Mexico (pdf file), Basle, Switzerland
May 7-17, 2002 Seminar on Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Washington, D.C.
May 2, 2002 Economic Forums and International Seminars - Foreign Direct Investment in China: What Do We Need To Know?, Washington, D.C.
April 29-30, 2002 Paris21 Seminar on Statistical Capacity Building Indicators, Washington, D.C.
April 25-26, 2002 Global Linkages Conference (Pre-Conference), Washington, D.C.
April 11, 2002 Economic Forum on: Globalization: North-South Linkages, Washington, D.C.
March 18-22, 2002 Financing for Development (FfD) and the IMF, Monterrey, Mexico
March 15, 2002 Economic Forums and International Seminars - New Ideas for Reducing Poverty, Washington, D.C.
March 14-15, 2002 Conference on Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction, Washington, D.C.
March 11-12, 2002 High-Level Seminar - Assessing Banking Fragility, Washington, D.C.
February 28, 2002-March 1, 2002 Seminar on The Statistical Implications of Inflation Targeting, Washington, D.C.
January 14-17, 2002 International Conference on Poverty Reduction Strategies, Washington, D.C.
January 10, 2002 Economic Forums and International Seminars - The Euro: Ready or Not, Washington, D.C.
December 19, 2001 Economic Forums and International Seminars - IMF Conditionality: How Much is 'Enough'?, Washington, D.C.
December 13, 2001 Economic Forums and International Seminars - Transparency at the International Monetary Fund: The Road Ahead, Washington, D.C.
November 29-30, 2001 Second Annual IMF Research Conference:
The topics include consequences of large devaluations and currency crises, stabilization policies in emerging markets, and the political economy of economic reforms and IMF programs, Washington, D.C.
November 5-6, 2001 High-Level Seminar - Investor Relations: A Tool for Crisis Prevention, Washington, D.C.
November 1, 2001 Economic Forums and International Seminars - Early Warning Systems: Fantasy or Reality, Washington, D.C.
November 1, 2001 Anticipating Crises: Model Behavior or Stampeding Herds?, Washington, D.C.
September 10-13, 2001 2nd Africa Forum on Poverty Reduction Strategies, Dakar, Senegal
July 10, 2001 Seminar on IMF Conditionality, Tokyo
April 12-13, 2001 Workshop and Panel on Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction, Washington, D.C.
April 5, 2001 Economic Forums and International Seminars - Governing Global Finance: The Role of Civil Society, Washington, D.C.
March 19-20, 2001 High-Level Seminar on Exchange Rate Regimes: Hard Peg or Free Floating?, Washington, D.C.
December 12, 2000 Economic Forums and International Seminars - The Information Economy: New Paradigm or Old Fashion?, Washington, D.C.
November 20-21, 2000 Conference on Fiscal Decentralization, Washington, D.C.
November 9-10, 2000 First Annual IMF Research Conference
The topics include monetary and exchange rate policy in crisis situations, private sector involvement in crisis resolution, exchange-rate regimes and currency unions, and effects of adjustment programs, Washington, D.C.
November 8, 2000 Economic Forums and International Seminars - One World, One Currency: Destination or Delusion?, Washington, D.C.
September 22-25, 2000 2000 Annual Meetings Program of Seminars Making the Global Economy Work for Everyone, Prague
July 11, 2000 The Future of Monetary Policy, A Conference Looking Ahead to the Next Twenty-Five Years, Washington, D.C.
June 5-7, 2000 Conference on Comprehensive Legal and Judicial Development, Towards an Agenda for a Just and Equitable Society in the 21st Century, Washington, D.C.
June 5-8, 2000 Seminar on Financial Risks, System Stability, and Economic Globalization, Washington, D.C.
June 5-9, 2000 Poverty Reduction Strategies Learning Event: Africa Poverty Forum, Washington, D.C.
April 24-26, 2000 World Bank-IMF Forum on Supporting Comprehensive and Country-led Poverty Reduction Strategies, Washington, D.C.
April 5-7, 2000 Conference and Seminar on Investment Climate and Russia's Economic Strategy, Moscow
March 20-21, 2000 High-Level Seminar: Implementing Inflation Targets, Washington, D.C.
March 20-21, 2000 Seminar on Agenda for Sequencing Decentralization in Indonesia, Jakarta
February 23-24, 2000 Conference on Capital Flows and Debt Statistics: Can We Get Better Data Faster?, Washington, D.C.
February 3-4, 2000 Conference on International Financial Contagion: How It Spreads and How It Can Be Stopped, Washington, D.C.
January 25, 2000 IMF Media Seminar, Singapore
November 8-9, 1999 Conference on Second Generation Reforms, Washington, D.C.
September 29, 1999 Seminar: A Role for Labor Standards in the New International Economy?, Washington, D.C.
September 25-28, 1999 1999 Annual Meetings Program of Seminars - Setting the Agenda for Global Growth and Development on the Eve of the Millennium, Washington, D.C.
September 24, 1999 IMF Economic Forum: ESAF in the New Millenium, Washington, D.C.
September 17, 1999 IMF Economic Forum: The US Economy: Where Will It Go From Here?, Washington, D.C.
June 24, 1999 IMF Economic Forum: Dollarization: Fad or Future for Latin America, Washington, D.C.
May 28, 1999 IMF/Research Conference on Key Issues in Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System, Washington, D.C.
May 18, 1999 International Finance Seminar, Tokyo
February 3, 1999 Seminar on Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalization, Washington, D.C.
February 1-3, 1999 IMF Conference on A Decade of Transition: Achievements and Challenges, Washington, D.C.
November 30, 1998 Seminar on Economic Policies in Russia, Washington, D.C.
October 3-6, 1998 1998 Annual Meetings Program of Seminars - The Knowledge of Economy, Washington, D.C.
June 8-9, 1998 IMF Conference on Economic Policy and Equity, Washington, D.C.
May 27-28, 1998 International Conference: Challenges to Economies in Transition, Stabilization, Growth and Governance, Bishkek
May 4, 1998 Inaugural Seminar of the IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute, Singapore
March 10, 1998 Seminar on Capital Account Liberalization, Washington, D.C.
September 20-23, 1997 1997 Annual Meetings Program of Seminars - Asia and the World: Capital, Competitiveness, and Community, Hong Kong
September 19, 1997 Seminar: Asia and the IMF, Washington, D.C.
March 18, 1997 IMF Conference on EMU and the International Monetary System, Washington, D.C.
March 18, 1996 Seminar on The Future of the SDR, Washington, D.C.