Side event at the 2026 Annual Meetings - Rising cost of development finance: How the Bretton Woods Institutions can deliver development

WB2026 Side Event Flyer: Rising Cost of Development Finance: How the Bretton Woods Institutions Can Deliver Development
WB2026 Side Event Flyer: Rising Cost of Development Finance: How the Bretton Woods Institutions Can Deliver Development
Side event
Room 2-210C, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok
ActionAid, AFRODAD, Bretton Woods Project, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Christian Aid, Global Policy Forum (GPF) Europe, Latindadd, MENAFEM and Third World Network (TWN)

Will you be at the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings 2026 (12 to 16 October) in Bangkok?

Join us to discuss how the World Bank, IMF and other multilateral development banks can make financing more affordable, ease debt distress and support sustainable development and a just energy transition in the Global South.

Attendance requires accreditation for the event.

Moderator: 

Daniela Berdeja, Debt Analyst and Manager of the LAC Vulnerability Atlas, Latindadd

Speakers:

  • Bodo Ellmers, Mamaging Director, Global Policy Forum (GPF) Europe
  • Catherine Mithia, Policy Officer, Sovereign Debt Management, AFRODAD
  • Sehr Raheja, Deputy Program Manager, Climate Change and Green Economy, CSE-India 
  • Manuela Francisco, Global Director for Fiscal Policy and Growth, Prosperity Vertical; World Bank
  • Chabert Guillaume, Deputy Director; Strategy Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund