{"id":"uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","canonicalSlug":"uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","language":"en","title":"UAE signs agreement to host 2029 IMF and World Bank meetings in Abu Dhabi","summary":"The signed agreement schedules the institutions’ 2029 Annual Meetings in Abu Dhabi; preparations remain ahead.","body":["The UAE signed an agreement in Bangkok on 18 October to host the 2029 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF in Abu Dhabi. UAE financial officials and the institutions’ leaders signed it.","The meetings are expected to bring together finance ministers, central bank governors and other participants from 191 countries. This is a future event, not an economic outcome already delivered."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"UAE signs agreement to host 2029 IMF and World Bank meetings in Abu Dhabi\n\nThe signed agreement schedules the institutions’ 2029 Annual Meetings in Abu Dhabi; preparations remain ahead.\n\nThe UAE signed an agreement in Bangkok on 18 October to host the 2029 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF in Abu Dhabi. UAE financial officials and the institutions’ leaders signed it.\n\nThe meetings are expected to bring together finance ministers, central bank governors and other participants from 191 countries. This is a future event, not an economic outcome already delivered.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["finance","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-18","eventDateBasis":"The UAE signed the hosting agreement in Bangkok on 18 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:13:06Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:13:06Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:40Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:55:11Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2sztvo-uae-signs-agreement-host-2029-world-bank-group-and","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","licence":"No open reuse licence stated; factual reporting only.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.wam.ae/","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM); original factual summary, no source image or copied prose.","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/uae-abu-dhabi-host-2029-imf-worldbank-oct18"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-AZ"},{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"TH","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["agreement"],"measurementPeriod":null}}