COA Hosts Finance Leaders on the Sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings

On the sidelines of the 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held from October 13 to 18, Council of the Americas (COA) hosted Latin American finance ministers and central bank heads for private meetings held in our Washington Office. In conversations with COA members, officials from Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru outlined their countries' approaches to maintaining disciplined fiscal and macroeconomic governance while cultivating favorable investment climates, even against a backdrop of shifting global economic dynamics. This week, the IMF bumped up 2025 GDP growth projections for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2.4 percent, a slight increase over a 2.2 percent forecast delivered in July. 

"Amid sweeping shifts in the global economy, the opportunity to bring together regional finance leaders from across Latin America for meaningful dialogue with senior members of the private sector could not come at a more crucial moment for our hemisphere," said the Vice President of COA Washington Office Kevin Sullivan. "From energy to innovation, from health to infrastructure, our speakers and guests forged deeper connections to foster investment and collaboration."