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Spring Meetings 2022

From Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 15, the IMF and the World Bank hosted the Spring Meetings 2022 Civil Society Policy Forum, with sessions on diverse topics such as gender, climate change, inequality, the pandemic recovery, and more.

An introduction to the IMF for Civil Society
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      CSO Forum

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      Monday, March 22, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
      An introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for civil society
      Language: English

      Tuesday, March 23, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
      Creating a Caring Economy: The role of IFIs and the CEDAW framework in transformative change
      Languages: English | Spanish

      Wednesday, March 24, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
      A People’s Recovery: Ensuring progressive fiscal measures for a feminist and just pandemic recovery
      Languages: English | Spanish

      Thursday, March 25, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
      International solidarity to support a robust and inclusive global economic recovery: the case for a global social protection fund
      Languages: English | Spanish | French

      Friday, March 26, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
      Towards a more equal and green recovery: a civil society conversation with IMF's head of policy and strategy
      Language: English

      Monday, March 29, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
      Private Sector Accountability in times of Crisis
      Languages: English | Arabic

      Monday, March 29, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
      The impact of debt in poor countries and proposals for fair and green recovery financing
      Languages: English | Spanish

      Tuesday, March 30, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
      Why climate Transition risks are macro-critical: the IMF and enabling a Green Recovery
      Languages: English | Spanish | French

      Thursday, April 1, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
      Special Drawing Rights as a Sustainable Option for Financing fight against Covid-19 and economic recovery in Africa
      Languages: English | French

      Thursday, April 1, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
      Learning Covid-19’s Lessons: Assessing Anti-Corruption and Social Protection in IMF Lending
      Languages: English | Spanish | French

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      Over the past year, several of these teams have exchanged views with national labor unions, including the following:

      • In Korea, the team discussed inequality with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), including recent inequality trends, the high incidence of low pay, job insecurity, and high youth unemployment due to duality.
      • In the Czech Republic, they met with the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS) to discuss gender issues such as the level of female employment, the gender wage gap, and the introduction of dedicated paternity leave.
      • In Nicaragua, they discussed climate with representatives from most of the country’s labor unions—topics included the impact of climate change on health, and the need for technical assistance and transfer of climate-friendly technologies from the international community.

      Several other IMF country teams conducting pilots studies have also exchanged views with national labor unions, or plan to do so in the coming months.