IMF-World Bank Meetings Draw Modest Protests in Bangkok over Growing Inequality
Dozens of demonstrators carried anti-capitalism banners and floats, while police blocked the march and brief scuffles broke out near the venue.
- On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, protesters marched in Bangkok toward the convention center where more than 15,000 officials gathered for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group autumn meeting.
- Demonstrators accused financial institutions of making decisions affecting local communities without resident input, opposing what they called the "vile abuses" of the Thai government and financial institutions.
- Participants wore masks depicting President Donald Trump and Kristalina Georgieva, pulling giant floats including a pig with dollar signs that briefly blocked traffic near the venue.
- Inside the meeting, the IMF warned that rising prices and debt are worsening inequality in 191 member economies, with regional economic growth in Asia projected to slow to 4.8% this year.
- Low-Income countries struggle as the Iran war pushed oil prices past $100 a barrel for much of this year, while the Network Against declared that "climate disasters are intensifying.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Dozens of people marched in Bangkok on Thursday, seeking to draw the attention of world financial leaders to poverty, pollution and other grievances during a meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
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IMF-World Bank meetings draw modest protests in Bangkok over growing inequality
BANGKOK (AP) — Dozens of people marched in Bangkok on Thursday, seeking to draw the attention of world financial leaders to poverty, pollution and other grievances during a meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
Video. Thailand: Bangkok protesters decry IMF and World Bank, warn of destructive capitalism
Video. Hundreds of protesters marched through Bangkok on Thursday, 15 October, in opposition to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank being held in the Thai capital.
About 200 protesters gathered this morning near the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, home of the IMF and World Bank meetings. (ANSA)
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