Woods, George D.2019-06-142019-06-141963-09-30https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31894George D. Woods, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the following: the willingness of the capital-exporting countries to continue and increase their annual contributions in support of the International Development Association (IDA); the operations of the International Finance Corporation (IFC); and the growing activity of the Bank Group, under the leadership of IFC, in the establishment and support of local private industrial finance companies. He addressed three problems that put a brake on economic progress: the commodity problem, the debt problem, and the policy problem. He sought expansion of Bank support to agriculture, industry, and education.CC BY 3.0 IGOSTRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTYPRIVATE INVESTMENTDEBTTERMS OF TRADETRADE POLICYIDA LENDINGWORLD BANK OPERATIONSSpeechWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/31894