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

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 enhanc...

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Main Author: McNamara, Robert S.
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
Subjects:
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25045070/address-un-economic-social-council-robert-s-mcnamara-president-world-bank
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24294
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Summary: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.