Bretton Woods Dispatch
A biannual analysis of the World Bank and IMF Spring and Annual Meetings.
Featured from Annual Meetings 2026
Annual Meetings 2026 Preamble: BWIs return to Asia with their central role in 1997 financial crisis still casting long shadow, amid fears of future upheaval
IMF reviews risk resulting in further Fund-mandated austerity amid an already bleak global context, while Bank’s fixation with private capital deepens.
















