ࡱ> EGD#` bjbj\.\. 48>D>D    D` $z  $?h NNNN6  NNNN dl .N,?N' :'N'N<ND     Briefing on the outcome of the 2006 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Singapore Thursday, 12 October 2006, 3 p.m. 5 p.m., Conference Room 2 The 2006 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group were held on 19 and 20 September in Singapore to discuss, in the form of a two-day plenary session, the current work of the Bretton Woods institutions. The Annual Meetings were preceded by the ministerial-level meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the IMFs policy-guiding body, on 17 September and the Development Committee, a joint IMF-World Bank forum, on 18 September. The IMFC Communiqu addresses the quota and voice reform in the IMF, the outlook, risks and policy responses for global economy and financial markets, and the implementation of the IMF's medium-term strategy, including sharpened surveillance and a possible new liquidity instrument. The agenda of the Development Committee covered strengthening of the World Bank Group work in governance and anticorruption and its engagement with partner countries, as well as progress reports on clean energy, education and trade. The presentations in this briefing will focus on the outcome of the Annual Meetings, including salient discussion points, main conclusions and follow-up measures. 3:00 3:05 p.m. Opening remarks by the Chair H. E. Ms. Tiina Intelmann (Estonia) Chairperson of the Second Committee 3:05 3:20 p.m.  HYPERLINK "61GA-Briefing-Singapore-Jomo.ppt" Introductory statement by the Moderator Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development 51Թ Department of Economic and Social Affairs 3:20 4:00 p.m. Presentations: Mr. Masood Ahmed Director External Relations International Monetary Fund Mr. Kevin Kellems Acting Vice-President External Affairs, Communications & 51Թ Affairs World Bank 4:00 4:45 p.m. Interactive discussion 4:45 5:00 p.m. Concluding remarks Biographical notes Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram has been Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the 51Թϒ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) since January 2005. He was Professor in the University of Malaya, and then Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore until November 2004. Mr. Jomo was Founder Chair of IDEAs, International Development Economics Associates (www.ideaswebsite.org), and has authored over 35 monographs, edited over 50 books and translated 12 volumes besides writing many academic papers as well as articles for the media. Mr. Jomo studied at the Penang Free School (PFS, 1964-6), Royal Military College (RMC, 1967-70), Yale (1970-3) and Harvard (1973-7). He has taught at Science University of Malaysia (USM, 1974), Harvard (1974-5), Yale (1977), National University of Malaysia (UKM, 1977-82), University of Malaya (since 1982), and Cornell (1993). He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University (1987-8; 1991-2) and was Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (2004). Mr. Masood Ahmed is Director of the External Relations Department at the IMF. Before taking up this position, Mr. Ahmed served for three years as Director-General for Policy and International Development at the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID). Between 2000 and 2003, Mr. Ahmed was Deputy Director in the IMF's Policy Development and Review Department. Between 1979 and 2000, Mr. Ahmed held a number of positions in the World Bank. He worked for about 10 years on programs and projects in a variety of countries and, for a further 10 years, on international economic policy relating to debt, aid effectiveness, trade and commodities, and global economic prospects. As Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Mr. Ahmed was the senior World Bank manager responsible for the development and operationalization of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper approach as well as the HIPC Debt Initiative. He obtained his graduate and post-graduate degrees in Economics from the London School of Economics, where he also served on the economics faculty. Mr. Kevin Kellems currently serves as Acting Vice-President for External Affairs, Communications, and 51Թ Affairs and as Senior Advisor to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Previously, Mr. Kellems served as Communications Director and Press Secretary for Vice-President Dick Cheney and Special Advisor and Director of Strategic Communications and Public Liaison at the Pentagon in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also served on the staff of Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Kellems joined Senator Lugar in 1988, working on his campaigns and on his Senate staff as Director of Communications and Scheduling, Press Secretary, State Director and Executive Assistant. Mr. Kellems has lectured on government, politics, and journalism at numerous universities and professional conferences. 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