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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260417T123000
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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gigs-initiative.org/event/debrief-on-the-2026-
 imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-22/register">Debrief on the 2026 IMF–Worl
 d Bank Spring Meetings</a>\nDebrief on the 2026 IMF–World Bank Spring Me
 etings Beyond the Meetings: Governance\, Debt & Sustainability in a Fragme
 nted World The Global Initiative for Governance and Sustainability (GIGS) 
 invites you to a high-level debrief following the 2026 IMF–World Bank Sp
 ring Meetings. Rather than summarizing outcomes\, this session addresses a
  more fundamental question: What do these meetings signal for governance\,
  sustainability\, and global decision-making in an increasingly complex an
 d uncertain world? Today’s global landscape is shaped by overlapping pre
 ssures—geopolitical tensions\, rising debt burdens\, financial system ri
 sks\, and uncertainty around climate commitments. These challenges are not
  isolated\; they are structurally interconnected and require integrated re
 sponses across institutions and policy domains Event Details Date: Friday\
 , April 17\, 2026 Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (EDT\, Washington DC time) Fo
 rmat: Live on LinkedIn Moderator Samir Trabelsi\, CPA Ontario Distinguishe
 d Scholar and Professor of Governance and Sustainability\, Brock Universit
 y Speakers Andrei Rădulescu – Senior Researcher\, Institute for World E
 conomy\, Romanian Academy Zeleka Knowles – Special Advisor on Equity\, I
 nnovation\, and Non-Traditional Partnerships Monica Clark – Strategic Bu
 siness Consultant and Founder\, Rich Angels Community Foundation Robert Bl
 ohm – Investment Banker & Economist\, Managing Director\, Keen Resources
  Asia Ltd Discussion Themes The session will explore key dimensions emergi
 ng from the Spring Meetings\, including: • Macroeconomic and financial s
 ystem signals • Debt sustainability and development challenges • Insti
 tutional capacity and execution gaps • Governance fragmentation and sust
 ainability trade-offs • The role of natural assets in long-term economic
  resilience This conversation is grounded in a central premise: Sustainabl
 e development cannot be achieved without [...]
DTSTAMP:20260601T035936Z
LOCATION:The Global Initiative for Governance and Sustainability (GIGS)\, 2
 967 Dundas St. W.\, Suite 744D\, Toronto ON M6P 1Z2\, Canada
SUMMARY:Debrief on the 2026 IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gigs-initiative.org/event/deb
 rief-on-the-2026-imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-22/register">Debrief on th
 e 2026 IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings</a>\nDebrief on the 2026 IMF–Wor
 ld Bank Spring Meetings Beyond the Meetings: Governance\, Debt & Sustainab
 ility in a Fragmented World The Global Initiative for Governance and Susta
 inability (GIGS) invites you to a high-level debrief following the 2026 IM
 F–World Bank Spring Meetings. Rather than summarizing outcomes\, this se
 ssion addresses a more fundamental question: What do these meetings signal
  for governance\, sustainability\, and global decision-making in an increa
 singly complex and uncertain world? Today’s global landscape is shaped b
 y overlapping pressures—geopolitical tensions\, rising debt burdens\, fi
 nancial system risks\, and uncertainty around climate commitments. These c
 hallenges are not isolated\; they are structurally interconnected and requ
 ire integrated responses across institutions and policy domains Event Deta
 ils Date: Friday\, April 17\, 2026 Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (EDT\, Washi
 ngton DC time) Format: Live on LinkedIn Moderator Samir Trabelsi\, CPA Ont
 ario Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Governance and Sustainability\
 , Brock University Speakers Andrei Rădulescu – Senior Researcher\, Inst
 itute for World Economy\, Romanian Academy Zeleka Knowles – Special Advi
 sor on Equity\, Innovation\, and Non-Traditional Partnerships Monica Clark
  – Strategic Business Consultant and Founder\, Rich Angels Community Fou
 ndation Robert Blohm – Investment Banker & Economist\, Managing Director
 \, Keen Resources Asia Ltd Discussion Themes The session will explore key 
 dimensions emerging from the Spring Meetings\, including: • Macroeconomi
 c and financial system signals • Debt sustainability and development cha
 llenges • Institutional capacity and execution gaps • Governance fragm
 entation and sustainability trade-offs • The role of natural assets in l
 ong-term economic resilience This conversation is grounded in a central pr
 emise: Sustainable development cannot be achieved without [...]
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