Address to the Columbia University Conference on International Economic Development, New York, February 20, 1970
Robert S. McNamara, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the deliberations on the report of the Pearson commission. They preface the second development decade. The report addresses the issues on which a sound, sensible strategy for the seventies must be fashioned. But to be frank, in field a...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/997821468137386932/Address-to-the-Columbia-University-conference-on-international-economic-development-by-Robert-S-McNamara http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33133 |
| Summary: | Robert S. McNamara, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the deliberations on the report of the Pearson commission. They preface the second development decade. The report addresses the issues on which a sound, sensible strategy for the seventies must be fashioned. But to be frank, in field after field, we have more questions than answers. To provide a solid foundation for development strategy, the Bank plans an expanded program of country economic missions, including representatives from the UNDP. |
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