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Finance & Development, September 1976
- Fund activity: Jacques de Larosière is the new Managing Director; Fund in the Witteveen years; previous MDs; Fund transactions during first half of 1978; Annual Meetings of the Fund and the Bank, Washington, D.C., September 25–28; selected data on Fund holdings and commitments; gold auctions; The 1978 Per Jacobsson Lecture; value of SDR set
- Bank activity: Increased lending for development of energy resources; results of Singapore traffic project; Bank loans and IDA credits
- A conversation with Mr. Witteveen: The former Managing Director of the Fund talks about his tenure
- The World Bank and the world’s poorest: II: The second article in a continuing series that explains how the Bank is responding to the challenge of finding ways to reduce poverty in member countries
- The Bank and urban poverty: The Bank’s strategy against urban poverty and how it has fared so far
- The resurgence of protectionism: An examination by Fund staff of the protectionist trade measures taken in recent years by the major industrial countries
- Import controls and exports in developing countries: A critical assessment that suggests excessive use of controls by developing countries hinders their economic growth
- Some first effects of the Second Amendment: The most important immediate changes in the Fund’s Articles of Agreement, their significance and background explained
- The World Development Report—main themes: A summary of the Bank’s recently released analysis of the development process during 1950–75 and prospects until 1985
- Improving rural water supply in Malawi: The experience of Malawi with low-cost, community organized water supply programs in the countryside may be a useful guide for other LDCs
- The operation of the Trust Fund: A report on its first two years explains the Trust Fund’s mechanics and provides information on its transactions
- Book notices
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The Bank and urban poverty: The Bank’s strategy against urban poverty and how it has fared so far
- International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
- Published Date:
- September 1978
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