DIARY-G7, IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington

Finance ministers and central bankers from around the globe
are descending on Washington for the spring meetings of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank on April 12-13. In
addition, finance officials from the Group of Seven meet the
evening of April 11.

Click on [G7/G8] for stories on the meetings.

Following is a schedule of the week's top events.

All times listed are in Washington local time/GMT.

Friday, April 11

0830/1230 - ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber and German
Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck hold a press breakfast

0900/1300 - IMF holds news conference on Asia Pacific Regional
economic outlook

0900/1300 - Group of 24 Ministers meet

1000/1400 - IMF holds news conference on Western Hemisphere
regional economic outlook

1230/1630 - European Economic and Monetary Affairs
Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speaks on the outlook for the
European economy

1400/1800 - Group of Seven finance ministers and central
bankers meet

1430/1830 - Group of 24 chairman holds news conference

1500/1900 - Mehmet Simsek, Turkish state minister in charge of
the economy, speaks at the Brookings Institution

1830/2230, approx. -- Group of Seven releases communique,
followed by post-meeting news conferences

Time TBA -- Group of Seven holds post-meeting "outreach
dinner" with international bank executives

Saturday, April 12

Time TBA - ECB Governing Council member Mario Draghi, head of
the Financial Stability Forum, holds a news conference on the FSF
report to the G7

0730/1130 - Financial Action Task Force meets at World Bank

1000/1400 - IMF holds news conference on sub-Saharan Africa
economic outlook

1030/1430 - International Monetary and Financial Committee,
the IMF's steering group, meets

1100/1500 - African finance ministers hold news conference

1530/1930 - Italian Economy Minister and IMFC Chairman Tommaso
Padoa-Schioppa and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
hold news conference

1600/2000 - Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega holds
news conference

1630/2030 - Swiss National Bank Chairman Jean-Pierre Roth
holds news conference

Sunday, April 13

0930/1330 - IMF and World Bank's Development Committee meets

1530/1930 - Mexican Finance Minister and Development Committee
Chairman Agustin Carstens, World Bank President Robert Zoellick
and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn hold news
conference

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DIARY - European Central Bank [ECB/DIARY]

DIARY - Polling Unit Diary for 2006 [POLL/DIARY]

DIARY - Today in Washington [WASH/DIARY]

DIARY - Key World Financial Events [KEY/DIARY]

DIARY - Political and General news [POL/DIARY]

DIARY - Index of all Diaries [IND/DIARY]

DIARY - G7 Real-Time economic data ECON G7TODAY

DIARY - OECD countries upcoming economic data & forecast

ECITODAY

DIARY - Major Central Bank Events for 2006 [CEN/DIARY]

NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean
that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

IMF Spring meeting schedule available here