Multilateralism in the age of populism: what future for the Bretton Woods Institutions.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods institutions: the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. To mark the occasion, Lord Malloch Brown has been commissioned to study future reforms of the institutions to keep them relevant and meaningful forces of progress, rolling back the triple challenge of extreme poverty, extreme weather and rising inequality. But how realistic is the mission at a time when more and more politicians are seeking to disengage from multilateral solutions to pursue a ‘nation first’ agenda?