Highlights

Henry Owen Memorial Award Essay Contest: Winner Announced

The Bretton Woods Committee would like to congratulate Ava Schafbuch as the winner of the 2024 Henry Owen Award Memorial Essay Contest! We encourage you to read Ava’s essay here:

Strengthening Multilateralism in a Divided World: Redefining the Goals of BWIs

IC20 Central Banks: Crisis Panacea?

The global downturn triggered by COVID-19 has highlighted the increasingly essential crisis-fighting role of central banks, which have deployed a range of traditional and innovative tools to stabilize financial markets.

IFF22: Global Debt Crisis and Risk Prevention

IFF22: The Ever-changing World: Reshaping Our Shared Future

IMF Approves Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva as New Chief

The International Monetary Fund formally approved Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva to be its next leader.

In Conversation with Carmen Reinhart: Assessing the Global Financial System in the Wake of Covid-19

Carmen Reinhart and Bill Dudley discussed the impact of Covid-19 on the global financial system and considered reforms to improve the system’s resilience and inclusiveness.

In Conversation with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva spoke with BWC Vice Chair John Lipsky to discuss the Fund's global outlook and the Covid-19 recovery.

In Conversation with Secretary Jack Lew

Whitney Debevoise and Meg Lundsager, Co-Chairs of BWC's Legislative Working Group, met with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to discuss the international economic challenges facing the Biden Administration. 

In Conversation with Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo

U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo spoke with BWC Chair William C. Dudley about the Administration's international economic and multilateral priorities.

In Conversation with U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development Alexia Latortue

The needs to support net-zero transition are in the trillions; however, Multilateral Development Banks’ climate financing is in the billions. Given the scale of the challenges ahead, development banks must continue to explore financial innovations to responsibly stretch their existing balance sheets, especially to increase resources to fight climate change.