Commonwealth Finance Ministers To Meet In Washington DC To Discuss Crucial Emerging Economic Issues

Government ministers and senior officials will meet in person for the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) on Monday, 13 October 2025, on the margins of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.

The 2025 CFMM meeting will focus on ‘Strengthening Economic Resilience Amidst the International Policy Shift’, highlighting ways to strengthen economic resilience through coordinated fiscal strategies, sustainable public investment, essential structural reforms, and encouraging investment from the private sector.

With member countries grappling with inflationary pressures, debt vulnerabilities, geopolitical fragmentation, and the accelerating green and digital transitions, this meeting will provide a platform to share experiences and innovations for safeguarding economic stability, inclusive growth, and long-term fiscal sustainability.

Finance ministers will:

• Consider the key sources of sustainable and economic resilience in Commonwealth member states amidst challenges from emerging policy shifts and protectionism;
• Discuss opportunities amongst ongoing challenges and identify recommendations to enhance economic resilience in member countries, especially small states and developing economies; and
• Agree on key initiatives that the Commonwealth Secretariat can develop or scale up in supporting member countries with navigating emerging geoeconomic and global policy shifts, including through knowledge products, technical assistance, capacity-building and advocacy.

Notes

• The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal sovereign states. Our combined population is 2.7 billion, of which more than 60 per cent is aged 29 or under.
• The Commonwealth spans the globe and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. Thirty-three of our members are small states, many of which are island nations.
• The Commonwealth Secretariat supports member countries to build democratic and inclusive institutions, strengthen governance and promote justice and human rights. Our work helps to grow economies and boost trade, deliver national resilience, empower young people, and address threats such as climate change, debt and inequality.
• Member countries are supported by a network of more than 80 intergovernmental, civil society, cultural and professional organisations.
• The Commonwealth admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kigali, Rwanda in June 2022. Prior to this, Rwanda was the last country to join in 2009.

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