Highlights

Analyzing the Biden Administration's FY22 Budget Request

BWC's overview of the Biden Administration's FY22 budget outlines what has been requested for the International Financial Institutions and related multilateral initiatives.

Annual Meeting 2022 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington D.C.- 04/19/2022) - The Bretton Woods Committee will host its 2022 Annual Meeting from April 19-22.

Entitled “Confronting Changes: Adapting to a Post-Pandemic Economy”, this year’s conference will explore how the global community and international financial institutions can adapt to the emerging geopolitical and economic challenges ahead. 

Brazilian Infrastructure Investment Opportunities: Beyond the Elections

On Thursday, June 21, the Bretton Woods Committee co-hosted a private roundtable titled, Brazilian Infrastructure Investment Opportunities: Beyond the Elections in partnership with the Council of the Americas, Oliver Wyman, and the World Bank Group. A group of 40 private sector participants alongside public and multilateral leaders discussed ways to overcome structural hurdles to infrastructure finance and to achieve greater private sector infrastructure investment in Brazil.

Brazil’s Promise of Development

On August 25, 2016, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a virtual conference entitled Regional Spotlight: Brazil’s Promise of Development. The event featured Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank Group and Israel Klabin, President of the Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development.

William Jannace:
Bretton Woods 4.0 Finding New Relevance in a New World Order

Institutions are products of their time, and essentially all have sell-by dates. They typically arise to meet a given challenge, and if proven durable become embedded in the fabric of their environment—at least, up to a point. 

Gary Kleiman:
Bretton Woods and Emerging Markets Investment: Toward A New Golden Age

Both the Committee and emerging market investment field have been in existence for roughly half the period of the 75-year history of the Bretton Woods institutions.

Bretton Woods Committee Announces Historic Bretton [email protected] Initiative

BALI, INDONESIA, October 11, 2018 – Bretton Woods Committee Executive Director Randy Rodgers announced today the launch of Bretton [email protected]: a global dialogue to honor 75 years of economic progress and to revitalize the spirit of Bretton Woods now and for the future.

Bretton Woods Committee Members Play Advisory Role in IMF Exceptional Access Lending Framework Reforms

On January 20th, 2016, the IMF Executive Board approved reforms to the IMF’s exceptional access lending framework as part of a multi-year work program in which the IMF staff is reassessing its lending practices around sovereign debt.

Bretton Woods Committee Taking Action on IDA Budget Cuts

Recently the Bretton Woods Committee informed its members and friends of the detrimental cuts to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) budget, as proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives State and Foreign Operations bill for fiscal year FY 2018.

Nish Acharya:
Bretton Woods: The Next 75 are about Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Nish Acharya is the Executive Director of the Equal Innovation Institute and a Member of the Bretton Woods Committee.