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William R. Rhodes: Who Is to Blame for the New Banking Crisis? BWC vice-chair William Rhodes: "a good deal of it lies with the former Trump administration and those members of Congress who listened to bank lobbyists and decided it would be wise to lighten the regulatory and capital burden on so-called smaller banks."	Fri, Mar 17, 2023	Project Syndicate
Gayle Lemmon: The Energy Transition is Fueling a Power Transition BWC member Gayle Lemmon: when extreme weather robs breadwinners of their livelihoods and homes, "they can no longer afford to have children studying instead of working" which means "squandered talent and lost potential, as well as early motherhood for many."	Wed, Jul 5, 2023	Project Syndicate
William R. Rhodes and John Lipsky: The Global Order's Triple Policy Challenge BWC co-chairs William Rhodes and John Lipsky write for Project Syndicate that BWC's Sovereign Debt Working Group's analysis "suggests that contractual standards, market-based initiatives, and national legislation could all improve global debt management."	Tue, Aug 22, 2023	Project Syndicate
Member Spotlight: Dante Disparte The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight Dante Disparte's recent Project Syndicate article exploring the current state of digital-asset markets in the United States and the need for regulatory action to maintain competitiveness and address potential risks.	Mon, Apr 1, 2024	Project Syndicate
George Soros: George Soros: Remarks delivered at the World Economic Forum Good evening. It has become something of an annual Davos tradition for me to give an overview of the current state of the world. I was planning half an hour for my remarks and half an hour for questions, but my speech has turned out to be closer to an hour. I attribute this to the severity of the problems confronting us.	Thu, Jan 25, 2018	GeorgeSoros.com
Scott Morris: China Borrows a Lot of Money from the World Bank, and That’s Okay As the World Bank makes a case to its shareholders for a capital increase this year, they are grappling with an uncomfortable truth: one of their biggest borrowers, China, happens to hold the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves...	Wed, Jan 31, 2018	Center for Global Development
Scott Morris: Mapping the Multilateral Concessional Finance Landscape On September 19, the Center for Global Development will convene representatives from the leading multilateral development funds, their donors and recipients, and independent experts to discuss the next round of negotiations that will determine how much money these funds will have available in the years ahead and how they will spend it.	Mon, Sep 10, 2018	Center for Global Development
Masood Ahmed: Beyond the Numbers: Why the World Needs a More Ambitious MDB Response to COVID-19 A recent CGD paper and the World Bank’s response focused on precisely how much financial support the Bank is likely to provide this year to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and whether this would match with targets the institution set for itself at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.	Mon, Nov 16, 2020	Center for Global Development
Scott Morris and Amanda Glassman: IDB Governors: The Case for Capital Replenishment Needs To Be Made This week, the Inter-American Development Bank’s governors gather for their annual meeting.	Thu, Mar 18, 2021	Center for Global Development
Nancy Lee, Scott Morris, Clemence Landers, and Erin Collinson: $1.9 Trillion and No Money for the Multilateral Development Banks? The Biden administration and the Congress rightly went big in the recently passed American Rescue Plan at a time of tremendous need.	Mon, Mar 22, 2021	Center for Global Development