RAD meets once year at the occasion of the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) . The annual meeting allows the network to review its activities of the previous year, discuss the work plan for the coming academic year, as well as introduce RAD to potential newcomers. Traditionally, World Bank staff and representatives of other academic networks are invited to participate in the RAD Annual Meeting.

The latest Annual Meeting took place on June 8, 2008, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Program

In 2009, the RAD did not hold an Annual Meeting.