Date: April 29-30, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Organized by: The World Bank Group, OECD and the IMF
Target audience: Debt managers and other senior government officials who are directly involved with debt market policy, operations and regulations.
Contacts: Nirmaleen Jayawardane (IMF) and Demet Cabbar (World Bank)
Overview
The Annual OECD-World Bank-IMF Bond Market Forum intends to share the latest developments in worldwide debt markets and disseminate country cases and best practices. The workshop brings together an audience of approximately 100 senior government officials from both OECD and non-OECD countries.
The annual forum provides a platform for debt managers, and other policymakers to discuss latest developments in global bond markets, understand emerging practices, and learn form country experiences. This year, the forum will focus on "liquidity and secondary debt markets." This includes, trends in liquidity in domestic debt markets, the impact of different market structures on liquidity, the impact of the investor base on liquidity, and key policy challenges for strengthening liquidity.
Agenda
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| The objective is to create awareness of the principles and major issues of developing debt markets, and to discuss the role of policymakers and private sector in developing efficient and effective public and corporate bond markets. Another objective of the workshop is to provide government officials with an opportunity to exchange ideas and concerns with their peers, learn from each other’s experiences and from some select country case studies. |
