A presentation by IMF Library, the WBG Library, the 1818 Society, and the Center for Global Development
Join Masood Ahmed, current President of the Center for Global Development, and former staff at the IMF and the World Bank, for a thought provoking look at how the past will impact the future of the Bretton Woods Institutions.
Even before the war in Ukraine, the recovery from the pandemic was projected to be fragile and uneven for most developing countries. In addition, the traditional focus of development cooperation on poverty and improving living standards in Lower Middle Income Countries was being supplanted by greater emphasis on addressing climate change and other global challenges and doing so within a geo-political context of tension and rivalry among the great powers. How will these changes impact the future role and operations of the Bretton Woods Institutions? Is the time ripe for a Bretton Woods 2.0?
Moderated by IMF Historian, Atish Rex Ghosh
Opening Remarks by Elisa Liberatori-Prati, WBG Chief Archivist and Director of Knowledge & Information Services
Masood Ahmed, is the President of the Center for Global Development. He joined the Center in January 2017, capping a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives relating to debt, aid effectiveness, trade, and global economic prospects at major international institutions including the IMF, World Bank, and DFID. Ahmed is a leading expert on Middle East economics, having served on the Advisory Board of the LSE Middle East Center, as well as on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Middle East and North Africa.
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