Annual Meeting 2006 |
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Washington, DC
The Bretton Woods Committee's Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Presentations and discussions in the morning were followed by a luncheon featuring Deputy Manager of the IMF Agustin Carstens and World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
A number of first-rate speakers presented including Secretary of Agriculture Michael Johanns, new IFC head Lars Thunell, Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Frank Lavin, Chairman of the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee Representative Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), and Deputy Assisant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad. Discussions centered on the role of the private sector in development and the status and outlook for multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations.
For summaries and photos, please click here [PDF, 3.3MB].
