Address to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, United Nations, NY, December 5, 1968

McNamara, Robert S.

Address to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, United Nations, NY, December 5, 1968

1968

McNamara, Robert S.

These are the prepared remarks of Robert S. McNamara, President of the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, and the International Development Association (IDA). He declares that our common enterprise is to drive back poverty, to lift living standards and to enhance the dignity of man. The Bank intends to lend twice as much in the next five years as in the previous five. He discusses the Bank’s lending in Asia. He discusses new geographical accents. The Bank and IDA are now ready to finance state-owned development banks; and training of managers and agriculturalists. He discusses putting population policy at the center of future strategy.

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Short supply; International finance; International assistance; Development assistance; Interest; Affiliate; International development; Family planning programs; Investments; Co- operative; Developing country; Investment institutions; Fiscal year; Partnership; Grant; Saving; Industrial companies; Good; National policy; Number of people; Pledge; Rate of population growth; Responsibility of governments; Secondary schools; Formulating population policies; Development efforts; Credits; Journalists; Population policy; National development; People; Share; Poor nutrition; Treasury; States; Agricultural loans; Development bank; Enterprise; Future; Repayment capacity; Population policies; Capital markets; Social council; Progress; Development finance; Estates; Peace; Private capital; Market; Family; Charter; Governments; Labor market; Low-income countries; Economic progress; Rates of population; Policy; Private funds; Sources of funds; Debt service

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Address to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, United Nations, NY, December 5, 1968

1968

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