Address to the Board of Governors
In his final address to the Board of Directors, President Robert S. McNamara discusses the future role of the Bank during a time in which surging oil prices threaten critical development tasks. He examines four themes: the prospects for economic growth and social advance in oil-importing developing...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The World Bank
1980
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| Series: | Speeches of World Bank Presidents
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In his final address to the Board of Directors, President Robert S. McNamara discusses the future role of the Bank during a time in which surging oil prices threaten critical development tasks. He examines four themes: the prospects for economic growth and social advance in oil-importing developing countries; a program of structural adjustment that developing countries, industrialized nations, and OPEC countries can take to maximize growth; the need to accelerate the attack on absolute poverty; and the role the World Bank ought to play in the decade ahead |
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