The Moroccan tourist city of Marrakech will host the joint annual meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October 2021. The joint WB-IMF meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, civil society, media and academics. The last time the Annual Meetings were held in Africa was in 1973, in Nairobi, Kenya. The Annual Meetings are usually held for two consecutive years at the two institutions’ headquarters in Washington, D.C. and every third year in another member country. The official signing ceremony for the 2021 Meetings in Morocco will take place during the 2018 Annual Meetings to take place in Indonesia in October.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 25, 2018 17:15 UTC