World Bank Group Development Committee

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Feature Story | Apr 26, 2018

The World Bank Group is uniquely placed to address global challenges and help countries achieve their goals in today's increasingly complex development landscape said the Development Committee at the conclusion of the Spring Meetings.

Feature Story | Oct 14, 2017

A Call to Act and Invest for the Future

Global growth has strengthened over the past year, with a recovery in investment, trade, and commodity prices amid supportive global financial conditions. Still, downside risks remain, and prospects for growth vary widely across countries.

Feature Story | Apr 16, 2016

Forced Displacement and Development: Working together to manage downside risks to development

Participants noted the manifold challenges negatively impacting poverty eradication efforts, particularly fragility and conflict that result in forced displacement that affects both origin and host countries.

Feature Story | Oct 10, 2015

Support for 2030 Development Agenda: Global Monitoring Report work on tracking the progress of the Millennium Development Goals

The Development Committee (DC) met this year with the special participation of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the UN General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft.

Future Meetings

The joint Bank-IMF Development Committee meets every fall at the time of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF, and every spring at the Spring Meetings, to discuss the progress of the work of the Bank and the Fund. Following the Annual Meetings tradition, the Development Committee meets in Washington two years out of three and, in order to reflect the international character of the two institutions, every third year in a different member country.

2018

Fall Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Bali, Indonesia

Development Committee	Saturday, October 13, 2018
International Monetary and Financial Committee	Saturday, October 13, 2018

2019

Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.

Development Committee	Saturday, April 13, 2019
International Monetary and Financial Committee	Saturday, April 13, 2019

Chair and Executive Secretary

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Chair

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the Development Committee Chair since August 16, 2016, and is the Minister of Finance of Indonesia.

Yvonne Tsikata

Executive Secretary

Yvonne Tsikata is the Development Committee Executive Secretary. The Secretariat carries out the diverse day-to-day working on the Committee on the growing number of development issues.