Jobs, trade tensions take spotlight at 2025 IMF/WBG spring meetings
As the world grapples with economic uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) are set to convene for their highly anticipated Spring Meetings in 2025.
The meetings will take place from April 21-26, in Washington, D.C. on the theme: “Jobs – The Path to Prosperity,” aimed at exploring international cooperation on future of job creation.
This comes as the two Bretton Woods institutions estimate that the about 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies, reaching working age over the next decade, would only have access to some 420 million jobs.
The gathering of global leaders, finance ministers and central bank governors, policymakers, and experts would focus on exploring solutions to the recent trade tariff tensions and shape the future of inter...