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10:30am-12:30pm   
World Bank
Main Complex
Building, 1818 H St.
MC8-W150

1:00-3:30pm
World Bank
J Building
701 18th St.
room JB1-080

International Parliamentary Petition
A group of parliamentarians presented a petition to World Bank and IMF representatives.  The petition expresses the group's concerns related to the involvement of national parliaments in the development and review of IFI activities.  Following the presentation of the petition, there was a discussion on Bank/Fund relations with parliamentarians.

More information:
http://www.ippinfo.org/
http://www.worldbank.org/parliamentarians
http://www.pnowb.org

2:00-4:00 pm
International
Monetary Fund,
IMF auditorium
R-710

Transparency in Extractive Industries: The Role of the IMF
The panelists reviewed the Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency, aimed at helping countries address the numerous challenges associated with prudent fiscal management of revenues from extractive industries such as oil, natural gas, and mining. The Guide builds on the IMF’s core mandate of promoting sound macroeconomic management. It is also highly complementary to efforts through the UK-sponsored Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) by a coalition of governments, civil society, resource companies, and international agency to promote transparency of payments by extractive industry companies and receipts by governments. The IMF presented an outline of the Guide and the relationship between the IMF work and the EITI. The panel discussed the importance of fiscal transparency and these initiatives from country, CSOs, and international community perspectives. The panel responded to questions in an open discussion following presentations. Panelists: H.E. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria (confirmed); Gavin Hayman, Global Witness, Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch, Charles McPherson, World Bank, Peter Heller, Deputy Director, FAD (Moderator).

Meeting of MIGA's Executive Vice-President
Ms. Yukiko Omura, and other senior MIGA staff met with CSOs. 

HIV/AIDS:  Money, Bottlenecks and the Future
The international community has woken up to the devastation of HIV/AIDS and together the Global Fund, the World Bank, the US PEPFAR and numerous other bilateral donors and charitable foundations have raised significant resources to fight the disease and its destruction. The sheer size of newly available funding is dwarfing other investments and challenging macroeconomic and fiscal management in hard hit countries. A Center for Global Development sponsored panel discussion among African Ministers of Finance, the policy and advocacy community, and senior IMF and World Bank officials explored these issues. The relevance and role of IMF program conditionality, the impact of Ministry of Finance, World Bank and IMF policies, and the options for addressing the constraints were discussed. Panelists: David Andrews, Assistant Director, Africa Department, IMF; Holly Burkhalter, US Policy Director, Physicians for Human Rights; Peter Heller, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF; H.E. Donald Kaberuka, Minister of Finance, Rwanda; Maureen Lewis, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; H.E. Ezra Suruma (TBC); Minister of Finance, Uganda; Moderator: Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development.

World Bank InfoShop
701 18th Street, NW

"Growth Experience: Lessons from the 1990s" - Book Trilogy Launch at the InfoShop
PREM and InfoShop book launch. Each part of the trilogy shares the common theme of "learning from the 1990s", but each presents a different perspective.

Open to all. 

Discussion on Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS
Presentation by Markus Haacker, IMF Economist, African Department (and editor of the publication) and Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist, South Asia Region of the World Bank.  The discussion focused on the recently edited book: "The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS" which serves as a starting point for dialogue between the Fund, the Bank and CSOs on some of the complex factors underlying approaches to HIV/AIDS. Summary of the discussion.

Consultation Meeting on World Bank's World Development Report 2006
Short presentation by World Bank senior economists and co-authors of the Report: Francisco Ferreira and Giovanna Prennushi, commentary from a CSO representative and open discussion on the key issues raised in the most recent draft of the World Bank World Development Report 2006. Summary of the discussion.

Dialogue on Health Financing
A session allowed for a mutual understanding of perspective agency positions on health user fees and social health insurance, and an understanding of where there are opportunities to work together to improve health financing.  Discussion included issues such as user fees and social insurance for health care and understanding more about the Bank's position, and its application in practice. Session included presentation by Save the Children UK on their research, as well as on Bank's work. Summary of the discussion.

9:30-11am
International
Monetary Fund, IMF
room 2-530

11:15am-12:15pm
International
Monetary Fund, IMF
room 2-530

IMF Conditionality
The IMF completed a review of its conditionality, including both a review of program design (objectives, outcomes, analytical framework, and policies) and a review of how new conditionality guidelines, adopted in 2002, have affected conditions set in IMF financial arrangements. Staff presented the results of the review and discussed its implications with CSOs.