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View from IMF Annual Meetings 2021: 11 - 17 October
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) Annual Meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organisations and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty eradication, economic development, and aid effectiveness.
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- Tom Mutton, director, central bank digital currency unit, Bank of England – View from IMF 2021
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IMF Annual Meeting 2021
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