VOL. XLIII

No. 40

2-OCTOBER-2000

US

IMF/World Bank Meeting Highlights Concerns Over High Oil Price Effect On Global Economy

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank sought to focus on Making the Global Economy Work for Everyone at its Annual Meeting held in Prague (19-28 September), attending ministers and bankers were largely preoccupied with oil and its associated dynamics. The negative economic effect of recent high crude oil prices dominated preliminary discussions at all...