Heading a CBI delegation, Seif departed for Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

Unlike previous years, Iran's Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia will not attend the spring meeting this year.

Each year, the gathering brings together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty eradication, economic development, and aid effectiveness.

A sluggish global economy, the Greek debt crisis and continuing fallout of the Ebola epidemic will take focus beginning April 16 when top finance officials gather for the WBG and IMF Spring meetings.

With high unemployment festering in advanced economies, and emerging countries entering their fifth straight year of slowing growth, how to fire up output and demand is the primary order of business for the world's central bankers and finance ministers in Washington.