The Bretton Woods Conference, formally the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was a gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, held from 1 to 22 July 1944 to design the international monetary and financial order for the period after the Second World War. The agreements reached there, once ratified by member governments, established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, later part of the World Bank Group, and the International Monetary Fund.
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LocationMount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States 1 Connections
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the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, to regulate what would be the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II
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The conference was held from July 1 to 22, 1944.
Lead section (year)
The conference was held from July 1 to 22, 1944.
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at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States
Bretton Woods Conference: Event Type
The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, to regulate what would be the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II. The conference was held from July 1 to 22, 1944.
Resulted In: International Monetary Fund, Lead section (edge: resulted-in International Monetary Fund)
Agreements were signed that, after legislative ratification by member governments, established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, later part of the World Bank Group) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Resulted In: World Bank, Lead section (edge: resulted-in World Bank)
Agreements were signed that, after legislative ratification by member governments, established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, later part of the World Bank Group) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In Era: The Contemporary Period, Lead paragraph
The conference was held from July 1 to 22, 1944
In Group: Events of the Depression and the Road to War, 1930 to 1945, Lead
The conference was held from July 1 to 22, 1944.
Participant: John Maynard Keynes, Article text
John Maynard Keynes first proposed the ICU in 1941, as a way to regulate the balance of trade.
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