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Communiqués

Communiqués are issued at the end of each session and summarize the Committee's conclusions, followed by a joint Bank-Fund press conference by the Chair, President of the Bank and Managing Director of the Fund. See all communiqués »
Documents

Documents for the Committee are prepared by the staffs of the Bank and the Fund, as requested by the Committee, and are reviewed by the boards of the Bank and the Fund before distribution to the Committee. See all documents »
Statements

Committee members submit statements for a session in writing, which are posted publicly on the Committee website. See all statements »
Agendas

Provisional agendas are based on issues suggested by the President of the Bank and the Managing Director of the Fund in consultation with the Chairman and the boards of the Bank and the Fund. See all agendas »

In Focus

Future Development Committee Meetings
The joint Bank-IMF Development Committee meets every fall at the time of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the IMF, and every spring at the Spring Meetings, The Spring Development Committee will take place in Tokyo, Japan in October 13, 2012.

Chairman of the Development Committee
Marek Belka is the Development Committee Chairman since November 3, 2011. He was appointed President of the National Bank of Poland in June 2010.

Development Committee Secretariat
The Secretariat carries out the diverse day-to-day work of the Committee on the growing number of development issues, as well as the coordination of international efforts of financing development...

What is the Development Committee
Development Committee is a ministerial-level forum of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund for intergovernmental consensus-building on development issues.
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Flags of Member Countries of the World Bank and IMF

Members and Observers
The Committee has 25 members, usually Ministers of Finance or Development, and who represent the full membership of the Bank and Fund. They are appointed by each of the countries, or groups of countries, represented on the Boards of Executive Directors of the Bank and Fund
Constituencies and Organizations

Chairman Al Khalifa and Executive Secretary Kiyoshi in the Development Committee meeting, April 25, 2010

Archive - Chairmen - Executive Secretaries and Venues

Lists of Former Chairmen, Executive Secretaries and Previous Meetings

Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund