The Annual meetings of the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and related activities convened from 19-24 September 2003 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Government delegates from 184 countries were in attendance. The World Bank/IMF annual meetings, which took place from 23-24 September, were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee, both of which delivered communiqués to the annual meetings. The Development Committee, a World Bank-IMF forum aimed at building consensus on key development issues, discussed a range of topics, including aid financing, global monitoring of the MDGs, the Bank’s infrastructure action plan and debt relief. The Programme of Seminars (PoS), which convened from 20-22 September, included roundtable discussions, seminars and country briefings on the challenges and opportunities for prosperity, particularly in the Middle East and Northern African region. During the event, the World Bank launched four reports on trade, governance, gender and employment. More information is available at: http://www.imf.org/external/am/2003/index.htm and http://www.dubai2003.ae