Queen Máxima at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington
Photo: Patrick van Katwijk
Queen Máxima attended the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington to put global financial health on the agenda with ministers, central bank governors and development organisations.
The Spring Meeting of the IMF and the World Bank provided Queen Máxima with an opportunity to put global financial health on the map with ministers, central bank governors and development organisations, from Indonesia to Ghana, Latin America to Europe.
Queen Máxima meeting with US Finance Minister Scott Bessent. Photo: Patrick van Katwijk
Topics range from insurance and savings buffers that protect people, to affordable loans for a better life, pensions, budgeting and the role employers can play. As G20 chair, the US is committed to financial literacy and financial health, and Queen Máxima discussed this with Finance Minister Scott Bessent.
Queen Máxima in conversation at the International Monetary Fund. Photo: Patrick van Katwijk
In Washington, she also shared her Dutch experiences as honorary chair of the Financial Healthy Netherlands Foundation and the platform Wijzer in geldzaken.
Queen Máxima participating in a panel discussion during the Spring Meetings. Photo: Patrick van Katwijk