dc.contributor.author	McNamara, Robert S.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-04T16:19:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-04T16:19:51Z
dc.date.issued	1968-09-30
dc.description.abstract	In his first public speech as President of the World Bank, Robert S. McNamara stressed that the Bank faced the question of what action the Bank, as a development organization, needs to take to overcome the recent mood of frustration and failure among developing countries and donors. He noted that Lester Pearson will lead an independent commission on the state of development aid. In the meantime, McNamara vowed that the Bank can and will act, and it will provide leadership in development planning. He proposed that the Bank Group double lending over the next five years, directed at developing national economies, stimulating growth, and aiding the poorest nations which need the most help. Some of this effort will be funded by a dramatic increase in Bank borrowing. Additionally, he note the need for more international representation among the Bank’s staff to really be an International Bank. He called for changes in resource allocation to geographic areas and economic sectors. Aid to the regions of Latin America and Africa will rise relative to South Asia. He advocated increased focus to Education and Agriculture. He called for new initiatives to control population growth. He proposed three courses of action. First, make it clear to developing countries how the rapid growth of the population slows down their development potential. Second, look for opportunities to fund facilities for its members to carry out their programs of family planning. Third, join forces with others in research programs to determine the methods of the most effective family planning and national administration of population control programs.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933131480053493243/Address-to-the-Board-of-Governors-by-Robert-S-McNamara
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25796
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	development aid
dc.subject	bank resources
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	agriculture
dc.subject	population control
dc.subject	family planning
dc.subject	lending
dc.title	Address to the Board of Governors	en
dc.title	Discurso ante la Junta de Gobernadores, 30 de septiembre de 1968
dc.title.alternative	Ansprache vor den gouverneursrat von Robert McNamara, Prasident der Weltbankgruppe Discours devant le conseil des gouverneurs de Robert S. McNamara Discurso ante la junta de gobernadores de Robert S. McNamara, Presidente del Grupo del Banco Mundial	en
dc.type	Speech	en
dc.type	Discours	fr
dc.type	Discurso	es
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okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
okr.topic	Agriculture
okr.topic	Education
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development::Finance and Development
okr.topic	Governance::International Governmental Organizations
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Family Planning Research
okr.unit	Office of the President (EXC)

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