Recent Highlights

In Spring 2013, the Bretton Woods Committee invited graduate students from across the Washington DC area to submit brief essays to the Henry Owen Memorial Award Contest on the topic:

In a world in which the global development landscape is rapidly changing, how might the World Bank Group leverage its unique comparative advantages to deliver impactful and sustainable solutions to eradicate poverty and boost shared prosperity?

On November 16, the Bretton Woods Committee brought together seventeen members with extensive, high-level experience at the World Bank for an intimate lunch with new Bank President Jim Yong Kim, co-hosted by Committee chairs Jim Wolfensohn and Bill Frenzel.