The Bretton Woods system established the U.S. dollar as the world’s currency in the post-World War II global economy. As Allied forces viewed that the war was coming to an end, representatives ...

This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference and the birth of the World Bank and its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF). From July 1 to 22, 1944, ...

This site from the Joint IMF and World Bank Library comprises nine brief segments with information about the Bretton Woods meeting of 1944. Institutions evolve in market economies to help individuals ...