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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 13, 1977
Meeting on Population |
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A secret meeting that included World Bank President Robert McNamara and 48 of the world's leading family planning authorities took place on the island of Mden last week, the Danish Foreign Ministry confirmed. No details of the meeting were disclosed. A ministry spokesman said the meeting was held in secret to give participants peace and quiet and not for fear of demonstrations like these held during a 1970 World Bank meeting in Copenhagen. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 15, 1977
Central Bank Role Is Urged for IMF |
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The International Monetary Fund should "increasingly evolve" into an international central bank, enabling it to act as a lender of "last resort" in crisis situations, the Trilateral Commission recommended yesterday.In a report on "renovating" current international relationships, the commission said that the post World War II "international order . . . is no longer adequate to cope with new global...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 22, 1977
Bank America Reports Profits Up 11.2% in Year |
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Earnings of BankAmerica Corp., parent of the world's largest commercial bank, rose 11.2 per cent last year to $336.8 million, it was reported yesterday.BankAmerica, which owns the Bank of America, earned $302.8 million in 1975.Per-share earnings were $2.41 last year, up 10 per cent from $2.19 in 1975. The net earnings reflect last year's 2-for-1 stock split.President A.W. Clausen attributed the increase in earnings to higher leasing revenues, a lower loan... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 12, 1977
Egypt is planning to ask for $10 billion from a W |
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Egypt is planning to ask for $10 billion from a World Bank group to revive its economy, the newspaper Al Ahram reported yesterday.Deputy Premier of Economic Affairs Abdel Moneim Kaissouny reportedly will submit the request at a Paris meeting of the bank.Kaissouny also will try to find out to what extent the group is willing to help Egypt overcome its economic hardships and implement a $13 billion, five-year development plan.The country's balance of payments deficit is...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 25, 1977
R.H. Allen, Agricultural Planner, Dies |
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Rutillus H. Allen, an agricultural planning expert who helped to set policy here and abroad, died Friday at Washington Hospital Center of a stroke. He was 69.Although he formally retired in 1974 from Robert R. Nathan Associates, a firm of economic consultants, Dr. Allen continued as a consultant not only for his former employer but for the World Bank and other organizations.Dr. Allen lived in Afghanistan from 1961 to 1965 while working for the Nathan firm, and for two years in Ghana,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 7, 1977
Loan Set for Malaysia |
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The World Bank and a consortium of Japanese and British banks will lend Malaysia $52 million for a $164 million electricity development project, it was announced here today. Japan's okai Bank said the consortium would put up $30 million for the seven-year loan. This is the first time Japanese banks have joined the World Bank to raise a loan for a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, it said. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 24, 1977
Foreign Lender Citibank: Big Stakes, Hedged Bets |
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The fighting in Zaire's Shabs province threatens to destory elaborate efforts by 98 U.S. and foreign banks to rescue that country from international bankruptcy in order to collect on massive loan payments that are long overdue.Months of secret negotiations led to an unprecedented agreement signed in the ornate setting of the Bank of England last Nov. 5 by representatives of the world's leading commercial banks and Gov. Sambwa Pida Nbagul of Zaire's...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 4, 1977
Lack of Paper and Packaging Limits Growth in Third World |
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Turkey urgently needs cement to build new housing, but its cement industry operated at half capacity several years ago because there were not enough paper bags for packing and shipping th product.In East Africa, small, regional newspapers set up with the help of a United Nations agency have been forced to reduced sharply the number of pages of information they publish because of newsprint shotages.A U.N. representative abroad was surprised to find pages of his discarded official...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 22, 1977
Manuel Perez-Guerrero, Venezueland co-chairman of |
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Manuel Perez-Guerrero, Venezueland co-chairman of the stalled Paris talks between rich and poor nations, said that World Bank President Robert McNamara's proposal for a commission to break the deadlock was premature. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 11, 1977
Always The Same Number |
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WE HAVE pinpointed the precise moment it began: it was when Banks laughed during that reception for Lopardo-Fabrizio in the Hall of Mirrors. The room was packed solid with human flesh: people holding their plastic champagnes glasses shoulder high, elbows in, shrieking at each other. But the laughs cut through the roar, overwhelmed it, rolled over our heads in great thundering waves, bounced off the high molded ceiling and reverberated among the chandeliers. Heards turned, mouths hovered open...
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