Banks for the World: Funding Global Growth and Meeting Private Sector Challenges
Join us ahead of the World Bank and IMF annual meetings to discuss what defines a successful multilateral development bank, and what the new and existing MDBs should focus on to ensure sustainable growth that would enhance a country’s competitiveness.
Overview
The establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) has led to much debate about the shift in economic leadership in emerging markets. But are the newly created international financial institutions simply reinventing the wheel and trying to emulate structures that already exist? Or can they lead to a revolution in development assistance and the relationship between donor and client nations? Join us ahead of the World Bank and IMF annual meetings to discuss what defines a successful multilateral development bank, and what the new and existing MDBs should focus on to ensure sustainable growth that would enhance a country’s competitiveness.
Speakers
Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar
Robert Bestani
Melinda Kimble
Joseph Saba
Hosted By
Asia Program
The Asia Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
Middle East Program
The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform U.S. foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more
Africa Program
The Africa Program works to address the most critical issues facing Africa and US-Africa relations, build mutually beneficial US-Africa relations, and enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa in the United States. The Program achieves its mission through in-depth research and analyses, public discussion, working groups, and briefings that bring together policymakers, practitioners, and subject matter experts to analyze and offer practical options for tackling key challenges in Africa and in US-Africa relations. Read more
Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—works to foster understanding of Brazil’s complex reality and to support more consequential relations between Brazilian and U.S. institutions in all sectors. The Brazil Institute plays this role by producing independent research and programs that bridge the gap between scholarship and policy, and by serving as a crossroads for leading policymakers, scholars and private sector representatives who are committed to addressing Brazil’s challenges and opportunities. Read more
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