The World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings officially kick off Friday in Lima, Peru. This is the first time in nearly 50 years the meetings have been held in Latin America, and they represent the latest installment in a 2015 global development calendar that has spanned continents and reshaped the global conversation about poverty.
Global development organizations have their marching orders: 17 new Sustainable Development Goals that span everything from ending extreme poverty to protecting the world’s oceans. At the same time the World Bank is undergoing its most significant reform in decades and has adopted its own new mission statement under President Jim Yong Kim’s controversial leadership.
So what sets these annual meetings apart from the rest? Devex compiled a list of five things to watch for this weekend and beyond: