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Terms that are on use on this site.
There are 132 entries in this glossary.
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| Bretton Woods Committee |
An elite group of global actors, including
former heads of state, that meet to develop international economic governance
strategies. Of particular interest to the Committee is the continuation of
close relationships between US federal policies and World Bank/ International
Monetary Fund priorities.
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| BRIC |
BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The acronym represents the combined and progressive economic clout of the BRIC
economies on the world stage.
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| Brookings Institute |
The Brookings Institute is an extremely significant American-based foreign policy think-tank, engaging in foreign
relations work, international governance strategies, and national and multilateral economic/political research. The Brookings official start-year was
1927, although its history can be traced to the 1916 Institute for Government
Research.
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| Brundtland Commission |
Named after Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem
Brudtland, the Brundtland Commission – officially known as the World Commission
on Environment and Development – produced the landmark 1987 report, Our
Common Future. The work of the Brundtland Commission was instrumental in
developing a roadmap for global environmental governance, and popularized the
idea of “sustainable development.”
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| BSP |
The BSP – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – is the
central bank for the Philippines. As an autonomous institution, BSP is charged
with tasks such as monetary policy setting, issuing of national currency, and
the management of foreign reserves. BSP is a shareholding member of the Bank
for International Settlements.
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| Bulgarian National Bank |
Bulgaria’s central bank: a shareholding member
of the Bank for International Settlements.
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| Business Roundtable |
The Business Roundtable is a United States-based Chief Executive organization with a membership comprised from America’s largest
corporations. It advocates global trade policies and international economic/investment
programs.
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| BWC |
The Better World Campaign (BWC) is a project instituted by
the Better World Fund to develop deeper cooperative ties between the US
government and the United Nations, especially as it relates to supporting UN funding
and empowerment programs.
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| BWF |
The Better World Fund (BWF) is a sister organization of the United Nations Foundation, the body responsible for
overseeing Ted Turner’s 1997 $1 billion gift to the United Nations. The BWF
exists for one purpose: to build and strengthen the goals and objectives of the
United Nations.
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| BWS |
The Better World Society (BWS) is an earlier group
founded by Ted Turner to support the United Nations stride towards a global
environmental governance platform.
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