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The Bretton Woods Committee Announces New Working Group on Multilateral Reform

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. 

The Committee is Hiring!

The Bretton Woods Committee is seeking to hire an experienced Program Director.

Program Director

The Program Director develops and oversees all BWC programming including implementation of flagship conferences, working groups, advocacy and special projects. We are looking for an experienced, goal-oriented member of our growing team who is excited to expand and diversify our programming. The deadline to apply is by July 16, 2021. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Luis San Vincente Portes:
The Granular Role of the Bretton Woods Committee as Mediator of the Times

The architecture of the liberal world-order ---mainly that of the post-war era--- has relied on the principle of national self-determination and a rule-based framework underpinning diplomatic and economic relations.

The IFC’s Role in the Future of Development Finance

On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 a small group of Bretton Woods Committee members participated in a private roundtable discussion with senior officials from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector lending arm of the World Bank Group (WBG).

Frank Vogl:
The IMF and World Bank need a tougher anti-corruption agenda

Frank Vogl is the co-founder of Transparency International.

Martin Wolf:
The IMF Today and Tomorrow

Martin Wolf is a contributing author to the Bretton [email protected] Compendium. Our Author Spotlight series highlights the thought leadership of contributing authors to the Bretton [email protected] initiative.

Barbara Matthews:
The Next 75 Years – Coping with Decentralization and Geopolitical Rebalancing

The Bretton Woods 75th anniversary coincides with accelerating angst regarding rising populism and growing backlash against multilateralism.

The Promise of Crypto and Ensuring Effective Regulation

The crypto market has lost two-thirds of its market capitalization in 6 months. Does DeFi technology still hold promise despite this crash? What needs to be done to effectively regulate this volatile industry to ensure investor security, consumer protection, and market integrity? Advocates of DeFi solutions argue that these new technologies could be used to provide significant benefits in terms of access, cost, and the ease of using financial services.

Barbara Matthews:
The Relevance of Bretton Woods in a Distributed, Cryptocurrency Age

Barbara C. Matthews is the Founder and CEO of BCMstrategy, Inc., a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar, and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. 

The WTO in Uncertain Times: A Transatlantic Partnership for Reform?

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has been dealing with a number of systemic challenges which require meaningful progress on crucial issues, including: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the dispute settlement system, reaching agreement on fisheries subsidies, updating trade rules for the transitions to digital and green economies, and tackling market-distorting policies and practices.