Series - Correspondence with World Bank Presidents

General Correspondence - Memorandum to the President - 1976 General Correspondence - Memorandum to the President - 1981 - 1985 General Correspondence - Memorandum to the President - 1977

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WB IBRD/IDA STAFF-10-10

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Correspondence with World Bank Presidents

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  • 1975 - 1995 (Creation)

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3.60 linear feet of textual records

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The series consists of correspondence between Stern and World Bank Presidents McNamara, Clausen, Conable, and Preston accumulated over the course of his time at the Bank. Correspondence includes copies of memoranda and attachments authored by Stern and sent to the President as well as some of the President's incoming and outgoing correspondence from others, which was forwarded to Stern. Correspondence serves a variety of purposes: information dissemination; briefing for President's meetings; responding to requests for information; authoring correspondence for the President; and submitting reports, announcements, and correspondence for the President's approval. A small portion of the memoranda are originals sent by Stern or the President, and many also contain attached reports and papers or articles. Other record types include telexes and letters. The files document a broad range of policy and management issues during Stern's various appointments such as country economic issues, debt repayment, World Bank program review and budget, Bank-Fund relations, annual meetings, and women in development. One folder from 1987 to 1990 exclusively relates to activities of the Finance Vice Presidency.

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Accruals

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Arranged chronologically by year.

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Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.

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Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.

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7 November 2019

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