Recent Highlights

The Bretton Woods Committee would like to congratulate Milton Wong Tze Sheng as the winner of the 2022 Henry Owen Award Memorial Essay Contest!

This contest asked graduate-level students to expand on ways in which the IFIs can work together to adapt to new global challenges and create a resilient, equitable, and sustainable post-pandemic economy. Milton’s essay was well-focused and well-reasoned, and it presented forward-thinking, creative solutions and ideas for IFIs cooperation. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC - April 25, 2022)

At Friday’s Bretton Woods Committee Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C., the Board agreed to form a new working group to analyze the shortcomings in the international economic architecture and to propose substantive reforms. 

The Ukraine-Russia war has underscored the significant fissures and weaknesses in the economic and security arrangements that exist to promote economic prosperity and to sustain peaceful coexistence among nations. 

BWC's Future of Finance Working Group, Digital Finance Project Team presented its first report of a series of briefs and hosted a panel discussion to assess the opportunities and risks in the crypto ecosystem, and shared recommendations on how to effectively regulate digital finance technologies while harnessing the benefits of innovation.

DNSA Daleep Singh joined BWC LWG Co-Chair Meg Lundsager to discuss the sanctions strategy and economic response to the Ukraine crisis, as well as its international economic and multilateral priorities more broadly.

Daleep Singh, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, and Deputy Director, National Economic Council, The White House
Meg Lundsager, Co-Chair, Legislative Working Group, Bretton Woods Committee (Moderator)

In the context of the unfolding energy crisis, this panel explored how governments and MDBs can incentivize and mobilize increased private investment towards the goal of net-zero and sustain climate innovation. 

World Bank President David Malpass joined BWC Vice Chair William R. Rhodes to discuss the Bank's outlook for global development and the post-pandemic recovery in light of the latest developments in Ukraine.

David Malpass, President, World Bank Group
William R. Rhodes, Vice Chair, Bretton Woods Committee (Moderator)

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joined BWC Vice Chair John Lipsky to discuss the Fund's global outlook and post-pandemic recovery at this critical juncture in time when the impacts of the conflict in Ukraine are looming.

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
John Lipsky, Vice Chair, Bretton Woods Committee (Moderator)

The internationalization of supply chains is both the enabler and the effect of the globalized economy. This panel of experts discussed how to strengthen supply chains resilience against future shocks and assessed the challenges and opportunities across national borders in the context of a new post-pandemic normal.