Highlights

In Conversation: FDMDs on IMF Response to COVID19

On May 15, 2020, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a virtual conference, In Conversation: FDMDs on IMF Response to COVID19, which outlined the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) response to the coronavirus pandemic. Featured speakers Geoffrey Okamoto, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, and John Lipsky, former First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, discussed the IMF’s response to the crisis to-date and looked ahead to future challenges and opportunities.

In Conversation: NY Fed Presidents on COVID19

Former NY Fed Presidents discuss Fed's new monetary policy framework, COVID response, and more.

Independent Think Tank Leaders Issue Call to Action for MDB Reform

Last July, the Bretton Woods Committee participated in a Center for Global Development meeting with other think tanks to exchange perspectives on the multilateral development bank (MDB) system.  

International Council 2020 Recap

International Council 2022 in-person day at the IMF

On October 12, International Council 2022 in-person sessions took place on-site the IMF campus. World Bank President David Malpass joined BWC Vice-Chair John Lipsky to discuss the Bank's Outlook in the midst of several converging international development issues - the Ukraine conflict, the resulting food & energy crisis, the global debt crisis, and climate change. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joined Lipsky to discuss the Fund's global outlook – persistent supply-side disturbances fueling inflation, war’s e

International Council 2023 Recap

Date and time: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 2:00pm – 6:00pm WEST, followed by reception

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:30am – 11:30am WEST

Attendance restrictions: by invitation only

Location:  OCTOBER 10: ATLAS Quarter, Room AA03

Paul Sheard:
It’s Time to Rethink the Conventional Macroeconomic Policy Framework

Paul James Sheard is an Australian-American economist. He is Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

Legislative Update: Bretton Woods Committee Action on IDA18 Funding

In July 2017, the Appropriations Committee of U.S. House of Representatives passed a State and Foreign Operations budget bill with a near 50% cut to funding for the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s Fund for the poorest.

Legislative Update: Bretton Woods Committee Applauds IDA18 Funding in FY18 Omnibus

The Bretton Woods Committee applauds Congressional passage of the FY2018 Omnibus spending bill on March 23 which authorizes a clean three-year replenishment of $3.291 billion to fund the World Bank’s International Development Association...

Legislative Update: CARES Act

Over the past year, the Bretton Woods Committee has worked to raise awareness among Members of Congress and staffers on the critical role of U.S.