Bretton Woods Conference (1944)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:conference
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:United_Nations_Monetary_and_Financial_Conference
gptkbp:attendedBy delegates from 44 Allied nations
gptkbp:category 1944 in international relations
History of international finance
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Henry_Morgenthau_Jr.
gptkbp:currency gold exchange standard
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Final_Act_of_the_United_Nations_Monetary_and_Financial_Conference
gptkbp:endDate 1944-07-22
gptkbp:followedBy implementation of Bretton Woods system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bretton Woods Conference (1944)
gptkbp:legacy creation of IMF and World Bank
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bretton_Woods,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes
gptkb:Harry_Dexter_White
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:purpose to regulate the international monetary and financial order after World War II
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Bretton_Woods_system
establishment of the International Monetary Fund
establishment of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
gptkbp:significance foundation of postwar international economic order
gptkbp:startDate 1944-07-01
gptkbp:topic exchange rate stability
international monetary cooperation
establishment of international financial institutions
reconstruction of war-torn economies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bretton_Woods,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6