The 2024 Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF), co-organized by the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF (PN), will take place on April 15-16, 2024 ahead of the Spring Meetings in Washington DC.
The next edition of the Parliamentary Dialogue Series, organized by the World Bank and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, will give parliamentarians the unique opportunity to participate in the World Bank Gender Strategy 2024-2030 Consultations on November 9, 2023 from 9:00-10:30 AM EST (Washington).
The World Bank, jointly with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, will hold the next Global Parliamentary Forum on October 9, 2023 during the Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco.
The fourth meeting of the World Bank Global Young MP Initiative, titled “Safeguarding the World’s Future: The Environmental and Social Framework” will take place on April 11, 2023 as part of the Global Parliamentary Forum during the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF in Washington DC.
The 2023 Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF), co-organized by the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF (PN), will take place in-person from April 10-11 in Washington DC for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19.
As part of the Parliamentary Dialogue Series, the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF hosted a conversation between parliamentarians and leading experts from the World Bank and IMF on the use of digital currencies as well as best practices regarding their regulation.
The latest Global Parliamentary Forum took place virtually on the side lines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings October 6, 10 and 11, 2022. The forum, co-organized by the World Bank Group, the IMF and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, engages parliamentarians in a dialogue on development and matters related to the global economy, with discussions between MPs, experts from the World Bank Group and the IMF, and other stakeholders.
This high-level event highlighted results stories and interventions from World Bank crises response and recovery efforts, including the unveiling of a virtual field visit showcasing four human capital projects in three countries (Kenya, Madagascar and Rwanda), and the Western and Central Africa Education Strategy, both demonstrating examples of successful programs that can be duplicated, helping countries and governments prioritize people and build a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient future.
As part of the Parliamentary Dialogue Series, the World Bank Group, together with the International Monetary Fund and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF hosted a knowledge-sharing event focused on growing food insecurity, increasing indebtedness by low-income countries, and fragile and conflict affected-states.
The 2022 Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF) was held virtually during the World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings on April 14-20, co-organized by the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF (PN). The event provided legislators from around the world with the chance to dialogue with their peers and World Bank and IMF leadership and experts on the most urgent development challenges.
At a time when seismic shifts from conflicts, COVID-19 and climate change are causing unprecedented change around the world within just days and weeks, parliamentarians are taking action to protect the most vulnerable populations in their countries and abroad.
This second Parliamentary Dialogue Series event brought World Bank and IMF experts together with parliamentarians to discuss gender equality and women’s economic inclusion. This session highlighted findings from the Women Business and the Law 2022 Report and an IMF working paper, and addressed how parliamentarians everywhere can help nurture economic recovery and to accelerate action towards gender equality – #AccelerateEquality.
The Introduction to World Bank Group Operations seminar for parliamentarians took place on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The seminar was an opportunity for parliamentarians to learn more about how to partner with the World Bank Group to achieve better development results at the country level. It was also an occasion for the World Bank Group to gauge interest in potential future learning and capacity building programs.
This Facebook Live conversation between Members of Parliament from across the globe and World Bank Manager of Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Chiara Bronchi discussed fiscal solutions legislators could implement in the years ahead to tackle debt, control inflation, and finance greener economic activity.
The 2021 virtual Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF), co-organized by the World Bank Group (WBG), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF (PN), brought together more than 200 legislators from around the world to share strategies and policy advice to help countries manage the combined health and economic impact of the pandemic on their people.
Parliamentarians and key donors embarked on a virtual field visit to the Sahel region of Africa during A Virtual Journey into the Sahel: Delivering results together. The event, co-organized by the World Bank and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, unveiled an immersive 360-degree virtual storytelling mission allowing visitors to witness the impact of International Development Association (IDA) projects in the region across the three pillars of the World Bank Group Sahel strategy – climate, people, and infrastructure.
The World Bank, in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, held its third MENA Regional Chapter Meeting virtually on May 20, 2021.
The World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, held the second meeting of the Global Young MP Initiative virtually on April 7, 2021. The Initiative, first launched in 2019, brings together young legislators under 40 to share innovative strategies for confronting the future of global recovery and development issues.
The World Bank Group organized a Global Parliamentary Workshop from April 5-6, 2021 alongside the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF (PN) on the occasion of the virtual 2021 Spring Meetings.
The World Bank Group and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF (PN) co-organized a Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine on February 17, 2021.
The World Bank Group organized its first virtual Global Parliamentary Forum themed “Achieving a green and inclusive recovery post COVID-19” from October 12-15, 2020 on the occasion of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF.
Public debt in developing nations has surged to the highest levels in 50 years. As the COVID-19 pandemic devastates the global economy, the hardest-hit poorer countries will also encounter a debt crisis. Debt service suspension is a powerful, fast-acting measure that can bring real benefits to poor countries lacking the financial resources to respond to the effects of the coronavirus.
In celebration of the International Day of Parliamentarism, the World Bank co-organized a special Facebook Live Conversation with Parliamentarians on Partnering for Development Impact on June 30, 2020 jointly with the International Monetary Fund and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF.
As poverty is falling around the world, it is increasing in countries impacted by FCV, where it is estimated that up to two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor will live by 2030. The recent health and economic threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic only risk to compound the situation further.
The Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Pandemics with a special focus on COVID-19 will engage legislators from across the globe with World Bank Group senior management and experts on how to take rapid, coordinated action to mitigate the negative human and economic effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics. World Bank Speakers include Mari Pangestu, Managing Director for Development Policy and Partnerships.
Sixty-two parliamentarians from 32 countries gathered at the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. on October 15, 2019 for the Global Parliamentary Workshop themed “Fighting Inequalities in a Shifting Global Landscape.”
The flagship event of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, co-organized by the World Bank and the IMF, has become a quintessential meeting on the global parliamentary calendar. It provides a unique opportunity for legislators to engage directly with senior leadership from the two institutions and their peers from around the world. As elected officials and policymakers, parliamentarians are key actors in achieving meaningful development results for inclusive, sustainable economic growth.
Over 200 participants from 61 countries attended the 2018 Global Parliamentary Conference on April 16-17, where they had the opportunity to discuss pressing global concerns directly with the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
On the occasion of the 2018 Annual Meetings in Bali, Indonesia, over 70 participants from 20 countries attended the High-level Parliamentary Meeting organized by the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF, the Parliament of Indonesia, the World Bank, and the IMF. It was an occasion for Parliamentarians from around the world to engage with both institutions on crucial development questions.
