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Save the Date: 2018 International Council – Oct. 10; 2018 Annual Meeting Highlights; World Bank Capital Increase; Brazilian Infrastructure Investment Opportunities; Views from the Members on Digital Trade; and More!
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Save the Date
2018 International Council
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
IMF/World Bank Nusa Dua Complex
Bali, Indonesia
Please check our website regularly for updates.
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Jim Kim, President of the World Bank Group speaks with Bretton Woods Committee Co-Chair Jim Kolbe at the 2018 Bretton Woods Committee Annual Meeting.
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Recent Highlights
2018 Annual Meeting
On April 18, 2018, the Bretton Woods Committee held its 35th Annual Meeting at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC, drawing an impressive line-up of speakers and over 200 Committee members and global leaders. With transformative challenges causing major changes across global economic, political, and technological spheres, this year’s conversation – Tectonic Shifts: Multilateralism in a Disrupted World – prompted timely solutions for navigating forces shaping the future of trade, finance, and development. Read more.
Special thanks to our sponsors SICPA and UBS.
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Watch a recording of the entire 2018 Annual Meeting.
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Member Appreciation Reception
On April 20, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a Member Appreciation Reception in honor of the Committee’s 35th Anniversary. At the reception, the Committee recognized members of its Legislative Task Force for their service in support of our recent legislative efforts in securing a full and clean replenishment for the World Bank’s IDA fund from the United States. Read more.
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World Bank General Capital Increase, A Conversation with U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary Heath P. Tarbert
On May 17, 2018 the Committee’s Legislative Task Force held a closed-door roundtable discussion with Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Investment Policy Heath P. Tarbert and a small group of Treasury officials from the Office of Multilateral Development Banks. The conversation allowed for the U.S. Treasury team to gather insights from voices of experience as the World Bank’s general capital increase (GCI) package moves through the U.S. legislative process. Read more.
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Participants in attendance at the Brazilian Infrastructure Investment Opportunities roundtable.
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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. Private, public and multilateral leaders discussed ways to overcome structural hurdles to infrastructure finance and to achieve greater private sector infrastructure investment in Brazil. The discussion was co-chaired by Bretton Woods Committee Advisory Council Member, Bill Rhodes and World Bank Group CFO, Joaquim Levy. Read more.
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Henry Owen Memorial 2018 Award Winners Announced
For this year’s Henry Owen Memorial Award essay contest – against the backdrop of broad-based cyclical growth, growing geopolitical and trade tensions, disruptive technologies, and a development landscape more diverse than ever – graduate students were asked to provide recommendations for how the Bretton Woods institutions can help member countries respond to these tectonic shifts with innovative trade, finance, and development policy solutions. Read the essays.
We are extremely grateful to Committee members Anil Gupta and John Donaldson for serving on this year’s essay evaluation committee.
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Views from the Members
In this section, individual members share their perspective on specific issues with the broader Committee membership. Views expressed below are from individual Members and do not reflect any viewpoint of the Bretton Woods Committee.
Digital Trade: As cross-border data flows continue to become a larger share of global GDP growth, how must the multilateral trading system adapt for a new era of digital trade?
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Gail D. Fosler
President, The GailFosler Group LLC
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Susan Lund
Partner, McKinsey & Company and leader, McKinsey Global Institute
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Member Spotlight
The Bretton Woods Committee would like to congratulate the following members on their recent achievements!
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Whitney Debevoise, Senior Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, was named by The American Lawyer as a 2018 Dealmaker of the Year for his work with the Nigerian government on a landmark offering of diaspora bonds that raised $300 million for infrastructure projects in the country.
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William R. Rhodes, President & CEO of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors LLC, was awarded the Foreign Policy Association Medal which recognizes individuals who demonstrate responsible internationalism and work to expand public knowledge of international affairs.
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Clare Woodman was newly appointed by Morgan Stanley as head of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, making her their first female EMEA chief. She has been a key figure in the bank's preparations for the implications of Brexit on its London operations.
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Welcome New Members!
- Caroline Marie Abel, Central Bank of Seychelles
- Joachim Alpen, SEB
- Joyce Chang, JPMorgan
- Anna Maria D’Hulster, The Geneva Association
- Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Intesa Sanpaolo
- Nezha Hayat, Moroccan Capital Markets Authority
- Federico Pastura, Zephir Capital SGR
- Karl-Peter Schackmann-Fallis, Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband
- Mehmet Simsek, Republic of Turkey
- Courtney Vaughan, Courtney Vaughan LLC
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Make a Lasting Impact on our Mission Through Giving
Help strengthen our organization now, or make a long term, impactful contribution to the mission of the Bretton Woods Committee by joining our Distinguished Giving or Legacy Giving Societies. The Committee needs your resources and support to help ensure our mission endures for the next generation. Through a major contribution or planned gift, you have the ability to catalyze the Committee’s growth plans, expand our program offerings, modernize our operations, and secure our future.
For more information regarding major and legacy gifts, please contact Randy Rodgers at rrodgers@brettonwoods.org.
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