Highlights

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.

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. 

Announcing Season 2 of Brettonomics with Nancy Jacklin: A BWC Podcast

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.

Addressing Governance Issues in the Crypto Ecosystem

Read the latest brief from BWC's Digital Finance Project Team on governance issues in crypto here. 

Achieving an Equitable Global Recovery

World Bank President David Malpass will join William R. Rhodes to discuss the road to recovery in developing countries, which saw an unprecedented spike in extreme poverty in 2020.

A Look Back at Bretton Woods@75

On October 17, 2019 the Committee hosted the capstone event of the yearlong initiative, the Bretton Woods@75 Anniversary Gala Dinner.

David Miliband:
A Battle Plan for the World Bank

The abrupt resignation of Jim Yong Kim as president of the World Bank on February 1—more than three years before the scheduled end of his term—sent ripples of concern through the global development community. With the multilateral system under sustained attack, the last thing it needs is instability at the top.

2023 Year End Newsletter

2021 Henry Owen Memorial Award Essay Contest

The contest asks US-based graduate students to consider how the IFIs can help secure a balanced, sustainable Covid-19 recovery.