Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971

Robert S. McNamara, President of the World Bank Group, remarked that progress has been made in both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of life in the vast majority of developing countries. Development has brought death rates down in those countries, but a corresponding adjustment in the birth...

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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-10986-331572021-04-23T14:05:18Z Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971 McNamara, Robert S. NUTRITION EMPLOYMENT INCOME DISTRIBUTION TRADE POPULATION GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AGENDA OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE WORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONS FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM POPULATION PLANNING MALNUTRITION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT GREEN REVOLUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION Robert S. McNamara, President of the World Bank Group, remarked that progress has been made in both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of life in the vast majority of developing countries. Development has brought death rates down in those countries, but a corresponding adjustment in the birth rate is not automatic, and to date has been negligible. He focused on the basic problems of development: nutrition, employment, income distribution and trade. 2020-01-09T19:55:26Z 2020-01-09T19:55:26Z 1971-09-27 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/662271468326993549/Annual-meeting-of-the-Board-of-Governors-address-by-Robert-McNamara-President-World-Bank-Group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33157 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
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topic NUTRITION
EMPLOYMENT
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
TRADE
POPULATION GROWTH
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
WORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONS
FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM
POPULATION PLANNING
MALNUTRITION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
GREEN REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIALIZATION
spellingShingle NUTRITION
EMPLOYMENT
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
TRADE
POPULATION GROWTH
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
WORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONS
FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM
POPULATION PLANNING
MALNUTRITION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
GREEN REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIALIZATION
McNamara, Robert S.
Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971
description Robert S. McNamara, President of the World Bank Group, remarked that progress has been made in both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of life in the vast majority of developing countries. Development has brought death rates down in those countries, but a corresponding adjustment in the birth rate is not automatic, and to date has been negligible. He focused on the basic problems of development: nutrition, employment, income distribution and trade.
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author McNamara, Robert S.
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title Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971
title_short Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971
title_full Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971
title_fullStr Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971
title_full_unstemmed Address to the Board of Governors, September 27, 1971
title_sort address to the board of governors, september 27, 1971
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
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