Dujovne and Sandleris go to the IMF assembly, but there will be no formal meeting with Christine Lagarde

The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group will be held in Washington from April 11 to 14. There they will be present Nicolás Dujovne, Minister of Finance, and Guido Sandleris, president of the central bank, among other officials of Cambiemos.

"This year will be quieter than 2018," they said near Dujovne, who will be heading to the US capital tonight. "Everything is very formal, last year was much more moved because Argentina presided over the G20. Now, it's just part of the the troika and the organization of the world event is in charge of Japan. Moreover, everything is going well for the Fund: they came and were approved; everything is discussed ", provide sources of funding.

Last year, the context was very different: the credit had not been requested yet. to be listening to the body and Christine Lagarde, the general manager, was present at a badtail party at the local embbady, ​​at Dupont Circle in Washington. There were empanadas, malbec and officials who said that Lagarde was "in love with Argentina". Other times

"The Minister of Finance will travel to the city of Washington with an agenda of activities including meetings, exhibitions and bilateral meetings," the statement said.

On Thursday, he will have talks with investors (the names are not disclosed a priori, as usual) and a working dinner at the G20. The next day will be the meeting with GON member countries, G20 meetings will follow and bilateral meetings will be held with Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

Saturday the 13th will be the meeting with David Lipton, first Deputy Managing Director of the IMF. "There is no agenda yet, it is a formal meeting with the hosts of the event," they said before the Treasury for explain why there would be no formal meeting with Lagarde.

Sunday, the last day of the event, will be held the "Tax Forum: Promoting Investment in People and Infrastructure", meeting at which Lagarde will be part and to which Dujovne was specially invited.

It will be moderated by Gillian Tett, publisher of Financial Times and they will also participate Gloria AlonsoDirector of the Department of National Planning of Colombia; Pascal DonohoeMinister of Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform of Ireland; and Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

They accompany Dujovne Rodrigo PenaSecretary of the Treasury; and Santigo BausiliSecretary of Finance.

Sandleris, meanwhile, will begin his official Wednesday activity this week as a speaker at a Council of the Americas event in front of businessmen and partners from the presided entity by Susan Sigal who have interests and businesses in Argentina. The next day, he will have a common agenda with Dujovne: investors, G20 and David Lipton. A day later, the G20 and IMF member countries will continue to meet bilaterally with the IMF. Queen of the Netherlands.

Last year, at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, the BCRA President and Máxima met to discuss financial inclusion and microfinance, especially loans to entrepreneurs and small businesses . Máxima is Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on Financial Inclusion for Development and Honorary Chair of the Global Alliance for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).