Policy Papers & Recommendations

Bretton Woods Committee's Letter to Senator Kerry to Keep IMF Financing

June 22, 2011

Bretton Woods Committee's Letter to Congress for Capital Increases

June 7, 2011

Keep U.S. Committments to the IMF

May 27, 2010

Report & Recommendation on IMF's Governance Framework

September 15, 2009

Bretton Woods Committee's Letter to Congress on World Bank IDA Funding

July 9, 2009

Bretton Woods Letter on IMF Legislation Approval [PDF, 181Kb]

May 26, 2009

Bretton Woods Committee's Brief to the G-20 [PDF, 56Kb]

This brief outlines and summarizes key recommendations a small working group of experts provided to the upcoming G-20 discussion on governance reform issues within the IMF and the World Bank. The recommendation was circulated to Committee members, who largely endorsed its content.

Bretton Woods Committee's Letter to Congress on World Bank IDA Hearings [PDF, 27Kb]

June 16, 2008

Report on the Bretton Woods Committee's 2006 Annual Meeting [PDF, 3.3Mb]

This report summarizes the discussion at the Committee's 2006 Annual Meeting. Topics include: the links between development and national security, the relationship between congress and the international financial institutions, and the role of the private sector in development.

IDA and the United States: A Developing Relationship [PDF, 2.6Mb]

This report contains an overview of the International Development Association, the World Bank's lending window designed to help the world's poorest countries.

ISSUE BRIEF - Progress on IMF Reform [PDF, 35Kb]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) at age sixty is in need of reform to increase its legitimacy and relevance, according to many in the international financial community. A number of reform proposals have been advanced, but leading governments were in disagreement over the need for bold and quick action.

Bretton Woods Committee Recommendations for the Incoming World Bank President [PDF, 0.1Mb]

In March, 2005, the Committee launched an initiative to develop a series of recommendations for the World Bank to be considered by during the leadership transition. Committee members and other outside experts were consulted, and the resulting list has been reviewed and endorsed by an informal working group of the Bretton Woods Committee.