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IMF/World Bank Meetings for Today posted Fri. AM by Stage2Omega

IMF/WORLD BANK MEETING SCHEDULE FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,2013 

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

IMF Press Briefing: European Department Press Conference

IMF HQ2-3-748

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9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Annual Meetings Plenary

This event is by-invitation-only.

DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW
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9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

IMF Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Economic Outlook 

IMF HQ2-3-748

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10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

IMF Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook

IMF HQ2-3-748

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10:35 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

G-20 Family Photograph

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2

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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

World Bank Press Briefing:  ECA Economic Update

IMF HQ2-3-748

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11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Program of Seminars: Blessing or Curse: Making Earth’s Riches Work for Poor and Fragile Countries

Featuring:

Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Daniel Kaufmann, President, Revenue Watch Institute

Michiel Kool, Executive Vice President for Social Performance, Shell

Clare Short, Chair, the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister, Timor-Leste

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, World Bank Group

Janine Di Giovanni, Newsweek’s Middle East Editor, Author

Heikki Holmaas,  Minister of International Development, Norway

Organized by the World Bank Group

World Bank J Building, J B1-080

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11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Transition to Open Government in the Arab World (WBG)

Opening remarks: 
Inger Andersen, Vice President, MENA Region, the World Bank

Participants: 

Najib Boulif, Morocco Minister of Governance and General Affairs 

Amira Yahyaoui,  Peace Activist and Founder, Al-Bawsala, Tunisia

Moderator: 
Guenter Heidenhof, Sector Manager, MENA Public Sector, the World Bank

World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121

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11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Tackling Gender-Based Violence After 2015 (WBG)

Panelists:

Indira Jaising, Additional Solicitor General; Director of Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative, India

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International

Jeni Klugman, Sector Director, Gender and Development, World Bank

Andris Pielbalgs, European Commissioner for Development at the European Commission

Moderator:
Rhitu Chatterjee, Contributing Correspondent, PRI’s The World

World Bank MC Building, MC 13-301

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11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Towards Better Economic Policy Making: Strengthening Africa’s Data (IMF)

George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium

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12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

IMF Press Briefing: Latin America and the Caribbean Outlook

IMF HQ2-3-748

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1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

International Day of the Girl (WBG)

World Bank MC Building

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1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Press Briefing: G-20 Meeting

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)

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2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

East Asia and Pacific in Focus (WBG)

Panelists:

H.E. Muhammad Chatib Basri, Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Willem Buiter, Citigroup

Eswar Prasad, Cornell University and Brookings Institution

Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Regional Vice President, EAP

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Wrold Bank Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director

Moderator:

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121

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2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Program of Seminars: Igniting Innovation in Financial Access: Public and Private Approaches for Greater Access by 2020 

Featuring:

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President

Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Honorary Patron of the G20 GPFI

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria

James Mwangi, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Equity Bank, Kenya

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank

Frank Sesno, Director, Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University

Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, The World Economic Forum

Organized by the World Bank Group

World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium

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2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Program of Seminars: What Will It Take to Achieve Both Healthy Children and Healthy Economies? 

Special Remarks:
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group

Speakers: 

Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID

Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development, UK Department for International Development

Hans Rosling, Director, Gapminder Foundation

Armida Alisjahbana, Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Indonesia

Sakhr Al-Wajeeh, Minister of Finance, Yemen

Ato Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia

Shanker Prasad Koirala, Minister of Finance, Nepal

Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance, Afghanistan

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria

Moderator:
Femi Oke, Host, Al Jazeera Journalist

Organized by the World Bank Group

World Bank J Building, J B1-080

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4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

The Energy Boom in North America: A Global game Changer?(IMF)

George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium

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4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Program of Seminars: Creating Shared Value Through Private Sector Development—Why it Matters

Speakers:

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group

Michael Porter, Professor, Harvard Business School

Jin-Yong Cai, CEO and EVP, IFC

Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist, World Bank Group

Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, CEO of eleni llc and Founder, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange

Moderator:
Tony Fratto, CNBC Business Week Contributor, Former White House Deputy Press Secretary and US Treasury Assistant Secretary

Organized by the World Bank Group

World Bank Group IFC Building, IFC Auditorium

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5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Resilience Dialogue: Poverty Reduction in a Time of Extremes (WBG)

World Bank J Building, J B1-080

HCL Law likely to be heard in next parliamentary session; Politics stops law from being heard in current session

Baghdad (news) .. Ruled out the decision of the Oil and Energy Committee MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Qassim Mohammed Qassim, approve oil and gas law in the absence of a national consensus between the political blocs during the current parliamentary session.

Euro zone consumer confidence falls less-than-expected

Investing.com – Consumer confidence within the euro zone fell less-than-expected last month, industry data showed on Thursday.

In a report, European Commission said that Euro zone consumer confidence fell to an annual rate of -15.6, from -17.4 in the preceding month.

Analysts had expected Euro zone consumer confidence to fall -16.5 last month.

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Oil Committee: the law of private investment in the field of oil will bring international companies

confirmed the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, it’s the process of an amendment the second law on private investment in the field of oil to encourage domestic and foreign companies to invest in the oil sector.

Oil Committee Votes Unanimously to Send National Oil Company bill to House of Representatives; Still mulling over HCL Law

Agreed to the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary bill Police National Oil unanimous 13-member ones, and submitted to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives for the purpose of inclusion on the agenda.

Late Fri.PM/Early Sat.AM News, Rumors, and Opinions

TNT:

LONGHORN DAVE:  GOT A TOUR OF LEAVENWORTH YESTERDAY! JUST KIDDING. OUR IT GROUP AT UST HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS. CRAZY STUFF GOING ON. NOT SURE WHAT IS BEING REPORTED IN LAST 12 HOURS BUT LOTS OF INTERFACE ISSUES AND THE EGOS OF THE POWER HUNGRY ARE CAUSING LOTS OF ISSUES.

THE LATEST UPDATE IS THAT MOST OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE BEING TESTED AND SO FAR SO GOOD. THE EGOMANIACS ARE ANOTHER THING. KEEP POSITIVIE ANS KEEP HOPEFUL.

I AM VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE WORLD CHANGING AND JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO NEVER BELIEVED WE WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. BE PATIENT, HOPEFUL AND ALERT. HOOK EM!

[Chickiepoo]  the way I understood it was if the reset didn’t go through yesterday the un would do something, but I didn.t hear t say that it would be immediately public or obvious

[Flame] Sofaithful My understanding was that if NO RV than there would be a very public announcment not related to RV – So we do not want a UN announcment – you might want to relisten to tonys call , We Do not want the UN- Announcement – Son no announcement is good in my opinion
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[LaGal] flashgordon Last night both loechin and lgtennis alluded to the fact that the problem had been resolved thus no UN announcement. we have been told over and over that this would probably happen during the 6 hr window on saturday night when all the banks are closed. go enjoy your day.

[highhopes] there is a 6 hour window every Saturday when all banks in the world are closed ..Jester posted a Bloomberg video that said some Saturday Night all currencies will reset and we will wake up to a new financial world the next Monday Morning

[wade49] Can you handle sudden wealth? Great Article! http://www.360financialliteracy.org/Topics/Investor-Education/Sudden-Wealth/Could-You-Handle-a-Financial-Windfall

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I4U:

[Diogenes] Jack Lew to be on four major networks Sunday morning to discuss growing the economy from the middle class out.    http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/Tune-In-Secretary-Lew-on-the-Sunday-Shows.aspx


[wisemonkey] Imo. This first apptmt will be simple….exchange into one account and get out….all other investments and accountt juggling and such will have to be done at another time…..imo

[ChildOfGod] cheeny All that glitters may not be gold means watch out for what you may receive at exchange, it all comes with a price. And watch what you wish for, cause you may get it and it may turn out not to be what you really want

[misskitty05] wisemonkey agree. I think that’s what they are trying to accomplish at the exchange meeting. Nothing more. How long can it take to run a few bills thru a dela rue machine? Not long. Imo

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MIG:

[xyz] Greece to get $5.3 billion loan by Monday: 27 Jul 2013, 11:08  will get a 4-billion-euro bailout loan from international lenders by Monday, the European Commission (EC) said.   http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/greece-to-get-5-3-billion-loan-by-monday-eu/articleshow/21391911.cms

[xyz] The US central bank should stop its bond-buying quickly and an end to the programme was “in sight”, a senior Federal Reserve official said in an interview with a German magazine on Saturday. .

 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/feds-lacker-says-exit-from-bond-buying-should-be-quick/articleshow/21394258.cms

 [xyz] Lew .  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52590759#.UfPOkW3NmDJ

 [the shadow] xyz xyz are we any closer to this RV ????????

[xyz] the shadow check this summary — 7-27-2013 . Millionday the IMF is saying move it along now and we have the cards supposed to be loaded in…july…and we have them moving to have the national conference…they are now getting along and agreeing — love it after all these years…wow i am sitting here very excited — this is great in my opinion… lets see what happens. .

[xyz] Military experts warn US losing leverage, gains in Iraq as violence escalates .

 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/27/military-experts-say-us-losing-leverage-in-iraq-as-violence-escalate/

[Plowboy] xyz I say yes

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LATE FRIDAY NIGHT:

TNT:

[se la vie] Blaino said he wouldn’t call a conf call at 10:30 PM on a Friday if it wasn’t important. He’s never done this before

pianogirl] se la vie if i understood him correctly, he said the $1.10 is blinking on the teller screens in remuneration process until it reaches back screen rate, which at this time doesn’t have a hold as it has previously. Is this pretty much what you heard? thanks.

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I4U:

[FLPatriot59] B = Blaino – given permission to repost by a Gold Mod in that room

FLPatriot59] Blaino – Somewhat late in the day the IQD has been at 3.47 and dropped to 3.42. we have had other rates on UST hold. The people went to the teller side and we now have a 1.10 blinking rate which is a process of renumeration.

.[FLPatriot59] B – It is pinging to around 3.42. One of our guys in Iraq with family there working in a professional capacity said their QI Card loaded but they didn’t have access to them. We are in a situation that we are very close. I would not be surprised if it goes tonight.

[FLPatriot59] B – Let’s keep it cool and be smart. The first mouse does not get the cheese. This comes from a good source. I’m getting 2 different sources. Nothing I’m hearing about VND. last was .48 but I’ve heard some good pre-war rates like 2.17

FLPatriot59] B – Am I calling the RV? Hmmm, don’t know. We are a little gun-shy. My intel and my brain say this is it. It’s not a gut feeling anymore.

[FLPatriot59] B – from what I’m seeing and hearing it sounds extraordinary.

[FLPatriot59] B – The only way a lot of things can’t be done without the dinar, we are talking 25+ countries, big big projects, 100′s of billions, these projects are getting greased up.

[FLPatriot59] B – I don’t think Saturday is not going to be a good day to CE. The first thing is to get this live and tradeable.

[FLPatriot59] B – other boards are saying the same thing.

[FLPatriot59] end of blaino call transcription as authorized by a gold mod in that chat room.

The European Union calls upon Iraq’s leaders to work towards restoring stability and ending violence

Reports say the monitoring and control of violence in Iraq to more than 750 people have been killed in attacks since the beginning of July, 48 people have been killed in attacks in Baghdad since it was walmkdadet. Brussels/Obelisk: EU leaders appealed to Iraqis to work to restore stability and end the cycle of violence started to escalate in pace Union condemned by the High Representative Catherine Ashton on violence in recent days in various parts of Iraq were the most serious in the provinces of Kirkuk, Diyala and Baghdad.

The statement issued by the media Office of Catherine Ashton, high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and security policy and Vice-President of the European Commission to “High Representative condemns in the strongest terms the series of violence in recent days in Iraq.” The statement quoted Ashton as saying that “hundreds of innocent people have died as a result of violence which have no meaning since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan”, expressing deep condolences to the families of the victims.

Ashton called for it said “Iraqi political leaders to work together to create a stable political environment, comprehensive, and make every effort to end the cycle of violence for the benefit of all Iraqis.” The United Nations Mission in Iraq warned that the escalating violence in Iraq which killed within four months, about 3,000 threaten this country conduct “by risk.” Reports say the monitoring and control of violence in Iraq to more than 750 people have been killed in attacks since the beginning of July, 48 people have been killed in attacks in Baghdad since it was walmkdadet.

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Movement to pass a law regarding establishing a national oil company

considered the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary that political differences the most prominent obstacles that have prevented the adoption of several important laws of the country, especially oil and gas law, which it considered legislation that are no less important than the Constitution, revealed the existence of the movement to pass the law of the national oil company which could be a contributing factor in the enactment of the oil and gas, according to the Commission.

Indication HCL could emerge in current legislative session

predicted the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary reaching a political consensus helps to pass the law of oil and gas during the current legislative session, especially after the convergence great in views between the province and the center, and then revealed through the Commission The existence of the movements of the seriousness of the adoption of the law, stressed its importance in the organization contracts with international companies, and in the management of that wealth.

Indication HCL could emerge in current legislative session

predicted the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary reaching a political consensus helps to pass the law of oil and gas during the current legislative session, especially after the convergence great in views between the province and the center, and then revealed through the Commission The existence of the movements of the seriousness of the adoption of the law, stressed its importance in the organization contracts with international companies, and in the management of that wealth.