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Legislative Update: Bretton Woods Committee Action on IDA18 Funding; Upcoming International Council Meeting – Oct. 12; Regional Spotlight: Fighting Famine in Africa and Yemen; Views from the Members on Regulatory Reform; and More!
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In August and September, the Committee's Legislative Task Force took to Capitol Hill to advocate on behalf of IDA18.
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Recent Highlights
Legislative Update: Bretton Woods Commitee Action on World Bank IDA18 Funding
The Appropriations Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have now both passed budget bills ($658 million and $1.097 billion respectively) for FY18 funding of IDA, and will move to negotiating final funding levels in joint conference. Thank you to all Bretton Woods Committee members and friends who have supported the Committee’s IDA18 advocacy efforts through our social media campaign #IsupportIDA, by calling your members of Congress, and by graciously giving your time for meetings on the Hill. Read more about the Committee’s legislative outreach.
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Upcoming Events
2017 International Council
Thursday, October 12, 2017
11:00am - 6:00pm EDT
St. Regis Hotel, Washington, DC
Members and Friends Networking Reception
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
5:00pm – 7:00pm EDT
Hamilton Place Strategies, Washington, D.C.
We invite each Committee member to bring a guest in the field of trade, finance, or development who may be interested in learning about the Committee’s work or in becoming a member.
Please check our website regularly for updates on program dates, times, and locations.
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Regional Spotlight: Fighting Famine in Africa and Yemen
On September 13, 2017, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a virtual conference titled, Regional Spotlight: Fighting Famine in Africa and Yemen. Featured speakers included Valerie Guarnieri from the World Food Programme, as well as World Bank experts Mamta Murthi, Director of Operations and Strategy for the Africa Region, and Poonam Gupta, Country Program Coordinator for Egypt, Yemen, and Djibouti. Committee member, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, moderated the conversation. Read more.
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Watch a recording of the virtual conference, Regional Spotlight: Fighting Famine in Africa and Yemen
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Bretton Woods Committee Annual Report
The Bretton Woods Committee is proud to release our inaugural Annual Report. To view the report, click here.
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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.
After nearly a decade since the financial crisis, has the global financial community learned the necessary lessons to protect against systemic financial risks? What actions or proposed changes to regulations (U.S. or global) would strike the right balance to stimulate growth and healthy risk-taking, and help prevent future crises?
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Anthony Elson
Adjunct Professor of International Economics
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Read the Analysis
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Barbara C. Matthews
Managing Director
BCM International Regulatory Analytics LLC
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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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Ngozi Okonjo-iweala, Chair of the GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, received the 2017 Aspen Institute Madeleine Albright Award, recognizing her for her vision and breakthrough thinking to tackle the challenges of Global Development.
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Randal Quarles, Managing Partner at the Cynosure Group, has been nominated to serve as the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve.
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Welcome New Members!
- Masood Ahmed, Center for Global Development
- Rameswurlall Basant Roi, Bank of Mauritius
- Carol M. Beaumier, Protiviti
- Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, Rock Creek Group
- Seamus Brown, Moore Capital Management
- Dharmasena Dheerasinghe, Commercial Bank of Ceylon
- Richard Fontaine, Center for a New American Security
- Willem Hendrik Buiter, Citigroup
- Thierry Deau, Meridiam
- Jonathan Fiechter, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- William Salter, Citigroup
- Gwen Young, Wilson Center
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Membership
Reminder: Your Membership Contribution is Needed!
If you have already made your contribution for the year, thank you! You have helped to keep our well-regarded programs thriving. If you have not yet made your tax-deductible contribution, please click here or contact Melissa Smith, Operations Manager, at 202-331-1616 or via e-mail.
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