Egypt's Al-Mashat participates in 2023 Spring Meetings of WBG, IMF in Washington
Under the theme “The Way Forward: Building Resilience and Reshaping Development,” the 2023 WBG & IMF Spring Meetings will begin today, Monday, in Washington, DC, with the participation of Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation and Governor of Egypt at the WBG.
The Egyptian Minister is scheduled to speak at a number of events and discussion sessions, and to hold a number of bilateral meetings with multilateral and bilateral development partners.
The Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the WBG and the IMF bring together central bank governors, ministers of finance and development, senior private sector officials, and representatives from civil society organizations and academia to discuss issues of global concern.
In addition to the main topics to be discussed at the Spring Meetings of the WBG and the IMF, which revolve around the complex challenges facing the global economy after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exacerbation of uncertainty due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the risks facing the global economy due to the rise in US interest and inflation rates, there is a focus this year on the evolution of the roadmap for the bank’s development of in order to develop more effective solutions to poverty, inequality and development challenges.