IMF-World Bank: Snakebite and Bok

They are serious events but the IMF-World Bank meetings always leave plenty of room for frivolities. Investment banks compete to lay on the most lavish parties. Huge amounts are spent to attract the great and the good.

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But what was the hottest ticket in Washington in the third weekend of October? For delegates from England and South Africa, the dates of the meeting presented a major problem. Both teams had reached the final of the rugby world cup. This presented two issues: first, the evening kick off in Paris meant the game would take place during the afternoon meetings in Washington; and second, rugby as a sport has little following in the US, so finding a screen that would show the oval ball game rather than the baseball play-offs was a tough call.

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