Bretton Woods Conference, name commonly given to the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held (July 1–22, 1944) at Bretton Woods, N.H. The conference resulted in the creation of the International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund (IMF), specialized agency of the United Nations, established in 1945. It was planned at the Bretton Woods Conference (1944), and its headquarters are in Washington, D.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , to promote international monetary cooperation, and of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Washington, D.C.; also called the World Bank.
..... Click the link for more information. . By Dec., 1945, the required number of governments had ratified the treaties creating the two organizations, and by the summer of 1946 they had begun operation.

Bretton Woods Conference

officially United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference

(July 1–22, 1944) Meeting held at Bretton Woods, N.H., to make financial arrangements for the postwar era after the expected defeat of Germany and Japan. Representatives of 44 countries, including the Soviet Union, agreed to create the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund. See also John Maynard Keynes.

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In addition, the staff size was reduced by 18 percent, the frequency of Information Outlook was cut from 12 to eight issues, and the Bretton Woods conference was cancelled.

SLA board increases member dues for 2010 by Information Outlook

The Bretton Woods conference in 1944 helped draw up a post-war financial system and created the IMF and World Bank.

Obama to push higher regulatory standards at G20 by AFP / AFP American Edition

Byline: Arab News (Category: Opinion) The idea that today' special G-20 summit in Washington is going to be as important as the 1944 Bretton Woods conference, which laid out the rules for post-World War II financial and trade relations between the world's industrialized countries and resulted in the creation of the World Bank and the IMF, needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

G-20 meet: Only modest aims by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

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