What to watch for at the Annual Meetings

Robert Zoellick leads off with the opening press conference of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and IMF (video after the jump). Zoellick argues that developing countries now face a triple hit: "In July, at the G8 summit, I said that developing countries were facing a double jeopardy from the impact of high food and fuel prices. But what was then a double jeopardy is now a triple hit--food, fuel, and finance--threatening not just to knock the poorest people down, but to hold them down." Check out more coverage of the Annual Meetings at the Annual Meetings Briefing Center. 

And if you're interested in private sector development, here are a few items of interest connected to the meetings:

• Global Turbulences and Slow Down in G7 Growth: Can Developing Countries sustain High Growth and How?
• Innovative Financing for Development
• Doing Business in Africa - scheduled for Saturday at 5pm
• Robert Zoellick on Modernizing Multilateralism and Markets