Bangkok to host 2026 IMF-World Bank meetings

April 19, 2023

Gathering of financial luminaries returning to Thai capital for first time since 1991

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and other participants applaud singer Malika Zarra during a Moroccan cultural event at the 2023 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF in Washington DC on April 14. (Photo: Reuters)

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group said on Wednesday they will hold their 2026 annual meetings in Bangkok, returning the October gathering to Thailand for the first time since 1991.

The IMF and World Bank are set to hold their 2023 annual meetings in Marrakech, Morocco in October after a two-year delay because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The institutions…