Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa, is in Washington, DC, United States of America, where she will participate, from Monday to Sunday, in the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
At the head of the Angolan delegation, Vera Daves is also expected to hold meetings with executives from banks and high finance, according to the newspaper.
This year, the spring meetings are held under the motto “Reshaping Development for a New Era”.
According to the agenda, Angola participates in different sessions and meetings at the highest level, aimed at ministers and governors of central banks from around the world, in addition to audiences and meetings with executives from international banks and heads of various Bretton Woods institutions.
The group will analyze the international macroeconomic situation and deal with concrete issues related to the African regional situation, in general, and the Angolan one, in particular.
The spring meetings bring together governors of the World Bank group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in addition to bringing together central bank officials, finance and development ministers, private sector executives, representatives of civil society organizations, and members of academic circles. .
Until Sunday, the 16th, the participants will address issues that generate concern around the world, such as the global economic outlook, the issue of poverty, economic development and the effectiveness of aid.
The Angolan delegation includes the Minister of Economy and Planning, Mário Caetano, the Secretary for Economic Affairs of the President of the Republic, Issac dos Anjos, the Governor of the National Bank of Angola (BNA), José de Lima Massano, as well as other officials and technicians from ministerial departments and public institutes.
The “Bretton Woods” agreements were proposals defined between the participants of the International Monetary and Financial Conference of the United Nations and Associates, held between 1 and 22 July 1944, which elaborated rules for the international monetary system.
The system conceived in the negotiations received the same name as the location where the event was held, in Bretton Woods, in the US state of New Hampshire. The conference created the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
The meetings are called “Spring Meetings” because they are held at a time of the year that is less cold compared to the winter that precedes it.
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