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William R. Rhodes: Debt Fixes Can Help Rebuild Ukraine “Policy planners in Kyiv, Washington, Brussels and London must start the complex and essential process of planning for rebuilding before the conflict ends,” writes BWC Board of Directors Vice-Chair William Rhodes today for Reuters. “In doing so they should deploy the financial innovation which helped to halt the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s: Brady bonds.”	Wed, Jan 11, 2023	Reuters
Miguel Schloss: Decarbonizing Energy — with Speed, Wisdom and Balance The following blog post is in reference to the piece, "The Elephant in the Room; Preaching or Working on Climate Change" by Miguel Schloss published in the Global Journal of Science Frontier Research.	Fri, Sep 8, 2023	Bretton Woods Committee
Miguel Schloss: Decarbonizing the Economy – the Record of Chile vs. the World The following blog post is in reference to the piece, "Energy in Transition in Unsettled Times by Miguel Schloss published in the Global Journal of Science Frontier"	Thu, Jan 11, 2024	Bretton Woods Committee
Mark Sobel: December FOMC Meeting BWC member Mark Sobel of OMFIF hosted Joe Gagnon, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Federal Reserve official, to discuss the outcome of December’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting.	Fri, Dec 16, 2022	OMFIF
William R. Rhodes and Stuart P.M. Mackintosh: Decline of globalisation will make our planet less prosperous and more unliveable o The unfolding trade, tech and cold wars between the US, China and their allies risk eroding the international rules-based architecture o Without a system for connection and exchange, economies will shrink, cooperation will wither and global crises will mount	Mon, Nov 14, 2022	South China Morning Post
Hung Tran: Dedollarization is not just geopolitics, economic fundamentals matter The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight a recent article by Hung Tran published by the Atlantic Council. The work discusses how emerging markets aim to reduce reliance on the US dollar in global transactions due to geopolitical concerns, with private firms influenced by incentives, such as cheaper renminbi financing, contributing to the dedollarization trend, highlighting the growing use of local currencies in cross-border payments.	Thu, Jan 25, 2024	Atlantic Council
Hung Tran: Delisting From the US: Chinese Firms Prove Popular Over the Counter BWC member Hung Tran was interviewed by IR Magazine: "while many of the voluntary delisting decisions were viewed through the lens of Chinese resistance to US auditing requirements, the moves are also about longer-terms plans for the Chinese market."	Thu, Sep 28, 2023	IR Magazine
Carl Benedikt Frey: Democracies Have Proven They Have the Edge in Coping with this Crisis Throughout the centuries, competitors of the prevailing system have known that disaster presents them with an opportunity.	Tue, May 26, 2020	Financial Times
C. Randall Henning: Designing Institutional Collaboration into Global Governance Global governance is largely, albeit not exclusively, a matter of collaboration among international institutions.	Mon, Jul 12, 2021	Centre for International Governance Innovation
Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa: Developing a Capacity for Candid Reflection Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, a Saudi Arabian national, is the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of OFID - the OPEC Fund for International Development.	Wed, Apr 24, 2019	Bretton Woods Committee