Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Giles Merritt, Secretary General, Friends of Europe will host a roundtable debate entitled The World Poverty Agenda: How the IMF sees it on Friday 9 February in the European Parliament. Invited participants will include Friends of Europe’s VIP Members, media, civil society and NGO representatives at this high-level informal debate.