Member Views

What Venezuela Needs

The widespread electricity outages that hit Venezuela on Friday were yet another reminder of an already tragic situation that is getting worse by the day, taking the country ever closer to the line that separates a fragile state from a failed and collapsed one.

What to Expect from the Rest of the Year

BWC member Mark Sobel writes for the OMFIF that "in view of favourable inflation prints and softer employment data, markets no longer anticipate a September hike" and that "expectations of a US recession or hard landing continue to fade."

What It Will Take for the Fed to Tame Inflation

Developments in the US economy have recently been going the Federal Reserve’s way, with price pressures peaking even as economic growth and strong payroll gains have been sustained. But don’t be fooled: The task of getting inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target remains extremely daunting, both practically and politically.

What happens when development cooperation becomes development competition

Development cooperation has been a common thread running through the geography of aid agreements of recent years: from the Busan Partnership to the Paris Declaration and on to the Accra Agenda. If there is one thing that major donor countries have agreed on, it’s the need to cooperate, with developing country “partners” and with each other when it comes to the delivery of development assistance.

What Does the Monetary Path Forward Hold for China, Russia and the US

BWC member Paul Sheard was interviewed on a recent CFA Society New York Compound Insights episode, "What Does the Monetary Path Forward Hold for China, Russia and the US".

They discussed details of monetary policy after busy weeks of significant developments.

What attacks in the Red Sea could mean for the global economy

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight Hung Tran and his recent article in the Atlantic Council titled "What attacks in the Red Sea could mean for the global economy." 

Western Rival to Belt and Road Has Much to Prove

BWC member Hung Tran was interviewed by Reuters Breakingviews on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.

It insists "on high environmental, social and governance standards. It has therefore taken time to build up a pipeline of quality projects."

We Ran the Treasury Department. This Is How to Fix Tax Evasion

Six hundred billion dollars per year, and growing

We Need A Way Back To Multilateralism In Trade

James Bacchus is the former Chief Judge of the Appellate Body of the WTO in Geneva and a contributing author to the Bretton Woods@75 Compendium.

We must prepare now for the likelihood of a recession

When people are fundamentally healthy, they do not yet know what will cause their death. An economic recovery is healthy if it is not clear what will cause the next recession.