Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968

Robert S. McNamara, on his first visit to Latin America as President of the World Bank Group, spoke about his concerns about Latin American economies and hopes for increased lending in education and agriculture. He is concerned about the U.S. Congress approving the IDA replenishment. He asked for re...

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Main Author: McNamara, Robert S.
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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spelling okr-10986-331302021-04-23T14:05:18Z Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968 McNamara, Robert S. POPULATION GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATION FINANCE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IDA REPLENISHMENT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION REGIONAL COOPERATION BALANCED GROWTH EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION Robert S. McNamara, on his first visit to Latin America as President of the World Bank Group, spoke about his concerns about Latin American economies and hopes for increased lending in education and agriculture. He is concerned about the U.S. Congress approving the IDA replenishment. He asked for resolve to achieve: more equitable distribution of the benefits of increased productivity; balanced growth; export diversification; and strengthened regional cooperation. He stated that unrestrained population growth cripples economic growth. He highlighted the necessity for stabilizing the rate of population growth. 2020-01-06T17:32:30Z 2020-01-06T17:32:30Z 1968-10-18 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/741691468045071909/Address-to-the-inter-American-press-association http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33130 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: President's Speech Latin America & Caribbean Latin America Argentina
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topic POPULATION GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
EDUCATION FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
IDA REPLENISHMENT
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
REGIONAL COOPERATION
BALANCED GROWTH
EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle POPULATION GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
EDUCATION FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
IDA REPLENISHMENT
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
REGIONAL COOPERATION
BALANCED GROWTH
EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
McNamara, Robert S.
Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America
Argentina
description Robert S. McNamara, on his first visit to Latin America as President of the World Bank Group, spoke about his concerns about Latin American economies and hopes for increased lending in education and agriculture. He is concerned about the U.S. Congress approving the IDA replenishment. He asked for resolve to achieve: more equitable distribution of the benefits of increased productivity; balanced growth; export diversification; and strengthened regional cooperation. He stated that unrestrained population growth cripples economic growth. He highlighted the necessity for stabilizing the rate of population growth.
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author McNamara, Robert S.
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author_sort McNamara, Robert S.
title Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968
title_short Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968
title_full Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968
title_fullStr Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968
title_full_unstemmed Address to the Inter-American Press Association, Buenos, Aires, October 18, 1968
title_sort address to the inter-american press association, buenos, aires, october 18, 1968
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