Events

Recent Event
Tue, Apr 16, 2024 • 4:00 pm
by invitation only
HQ1 International Monetary Fund
Washington, DC
Recent Event
Tue, Apr 16, 2024 • 8:30 am
McKinsey & Company
1200 19th St NW STE 1000
Washington, DC 20036
United States of America
Recent Event
Mon, Apr 15, 2024 • 3:00 pm
Center for Global Development
2055 L St NW
Washington, DC 20036
*In-Person and Virtual Conference

Work Program

The Working Group is addressing how the multilateral system can be strengthened to address 21st century global challenges.

The Working Group is preparing recommendations to improve the sovereign debt resolution architecture and to prevent future crises.

The Working Group drives the Committee’s efforts to educate U.S. policymakers on the importance of the international financial institutions and continued U.S. support.

This Working Group will seek to address a range of topics and trends impacting the future of finance.

The BWC Blog aims to help global leaders envision how to evolve and strengthen the multilateral financial system and encourage policymakers to strengthen international economic cooperation.

In this educational podcast from the BWC, Nancy Jacklin, longtime BWC member and former US Executive Director of the IMF, sits down with experts for the benefit of non-experts interested in the Bretton Woods Institutions and other IFIs because of their educational pursuits, employment, or just their curiosity. 

Member Spotlight

BWC member Hung Tran writes for the Atlantic Council that "the Letta report has focused attention to the need to complete and upgrade the Capital Market Union... to help the EU improve its economic performance in an era of geopolitical rivalry."

Lastly this week we welcome new member Fred Hu, founder, chairman, and CEO of Primavera Capital Group.

He oversees the firm’s overall strategy, talent development, and culture.

We appreciate his support for our work, and we look forward to his engagement!

This week we also welcome new member Balyasny Asset Management.

The firm has over $19.5 billion in assets under management, and they have over 1,100 employees, including over 470 investment professionals.

This week we welcome new member Hari Hariharan, chairman and CEO of NWI Management.

Hari also joins our Advisory Council and our Distinguished Giving Society.

We appreciate his significant support for our work, and we look forward to his engagement and guidance!

BWC member Paul Sheard interviewed by Vasant Dhar argues that "monetary policy-making seems tailor-made" for eventual AI automation: clear policy goals, tools to achieve them, models of the economy and how decisions help achieve the goal, and past data.

BWC chair William C. Dudley writes for Bloomberg Opinion that "officials should evaluate the quantitative easing program" as part of next year's review.

"The aim should be to learn from past mistakes... focusing not only on the benefits, but also on the costs."