2026 World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings

13 – 18 April 2026
Washington D.C., United States

 

The Annual and Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group each year bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, civil society representatives, and academics to discuss the state of the global economy and issues of international concern, such as the growth outlook, financial stability, and poverty reduction. The Meetings are the only gathering of its kind in the world and a unique forum for discussion on economic policymaking.

The 2026 Spring Meetings will take place in person from Monday, April 13, through Saturday, April 18 in the IMF and World Bank Group headquarters, in Washington, D.C.

 

Partner events

Big Wins: Financing Early Years at Scale.

Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

Time: High-level event at 2:00 pm followed immediately by a reception at 3:30 pm

Location: The Ritz-Carlton, 1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 

Pathways to Prosperity: Building Resilient Country-led Financing Systems for Family Planning.

Date: Tuesday, 14 April

Time: 4:30-6:00 pm EDT  
(with reception to follow).

Location: United Nations Foundation, 12th Floor, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006

Transforming the future: Accelerating Maternal and Child Survival:

The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) invites you to a high-level, closed-door ministerial event to launch the 2026–2030 Investment Round for its new Transform 2030 strategy.

Held on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, this convening will bring together ministers of health and finance from GFF partner countries, sovereign donors, and leading philanthropic partners to affirm their commitments to ending preventable maternal and child deaths.

  

GLN Financial Diplomacy Series

The Spring Meetings convening represents the first in-person strategic convening following the GLN Domestic Resource Mobilisation Webinar Series, which has engaged governments in identifying key health financing priorities and constraints

Date: April 16th, 2026

Invitation only*