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Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards Inglés
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Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards

  • WB IBRD/IDA COM
  • Fondo
  • 1969 - 1995 (predominant 1982 - 1995)

The fonds contains the records of four task forces: the Economic Development Institute (EDI) Task Force, the Task Force on Local Cost Financing Under Adjustment Operations, the Task Force on Cost Sharing and Local Cost Financing, and the Governance Task Force. The records of the secretariat responsible for the Bank's activities marking its 50th anniversary are also included.

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Records of the Task Force on Local Cost Financing under Adjustment Operations

  • WB IBRD/IDA COM-01
  • Subfondo
  • March 1987 - January 1991

The sub-fonds consists of records related to the Task Force on Local Cost Financing under Adjustment. The records were maintained by Salah El Serafy, Economic Adviser in Economic Advisory Staff (EAS), who served as chairman of theTask Force on Local Cost Financing Under Adjustment Operations.

Task Force Chairman's Records

This series consists of the records related to the Task Force on Local Financing under Adjustment Operations. The records were created and collected by Salah El Serafy, Economic Adviser in Economic Advisory Staff (EAS), who served as chairman of the Task Force on Local Cost Financing Under Adjustment Operations. The series contains a copy of the final Task Force report which was forwarded to President Conable on December 18, 1990; copies of comments on the final report from members of the President's Council; various drafts of the report; Serafy's correspondence with the Task Force members; hand written notes from Task Force meetings; and background documents including minutes of the May 24, 1990 Executive Directors' meeting at which questions were raised regarding the appropriateness of using credit proceeds to finance local costs for credits to Ghana (Credit No. 214GH) and Nigeria (Credit No. 2139-UNI). It was that Board discussion which led to the establishment of this task force. Also included among the background documents are copies of many of the records, dated from November 1989 to May 1990, of the Task Force on Cost Sharing and Local Cost Financing (also called the Project Cost Sharing Task Force) chaired by Randolph L. P. Harris. The final report of that Task Force which was issued on May 31, 1990, is not in this series, but copies of comments on various drafts of the report are included.

Records of the Economic Development Institute Task Force

This sub-fonds consists of various records related to the research and consultation undertaken by the task force as well as memoranda and drafts of the final report exchanged between task force members. A copy of the final report is also included.

EDI Task Force Secretary's records

This series consists of records related to the research and consultation undertaken by the task force. This includes the reports on consultations; some items relating to EDI and its programs that pre-date the task force (including a copy of the Bank's 1976 EDI/20 : Memoir of a Fellowship); memoranda to and from the task force members; interim reports; drafts; and a copy of the final report to the Board.

Records of the 50th Anniversary Secretariat

  • WB IBRD/IDA COM-03
  • Subfondo
  • 1969 - 1994 (predominant 1993 - 1994)

This sub-fonds consists of records created by the Office of the 50th Anniversary Secretariat and maintained by the secretariat's staff director, K. Sarwar Lateef. The records relate to the creation of the secretariat, the organization of the Bretton Woods 50th Anniversary Conference, the outputs of the secretariat on World Bank identity, and the secretariat's liaison activities.

Secretariat statements and publications

This series consists of material pertaining to the creation, organization, and outputs of the 50th Anniversary Secretariat. Included are final and draft versions of the institutional statement of purpose, vision statement, vision paper ("Learning from the Past, Embracing the Future"), and other documents produced by this secretariat. The series also includes various records received from groups providing input to the secretariat, such as: an approach paper; vision statements from several regional vice presidents and senior managers; notes on interviews, retreats, and brainstorming sessions; and work on the Bank's corporate identity produced by the Schmertz Company, a consulting firm. Also included is material related to the dissemination of the statements and outputs of the secretariat, including translations of the vision paper in Arabic, French, German, and Spanish.

This series also includes material pertaining to the creation of a series of essays called "The Evolving Role of the World Bank," also referred to as the Development Record, published as an official output of the 50th Anniversary Secretariat. The introduction by K. Sarwar Lateef provides an overview of the World Bank's evolution in its first 50 years of development work. The seven essays analyze the Bank's historic and contemporary approach to major development challenges its borrowing countries have faced. Included are draft and final versions of the essays and related documents.

Bretton Woods 50th Anniversary Conference records

This series consists of records pertaining to the Bretton Woods 50th Anniversary Conference held in Madrid, September 29-30, 1994. Included are materials relating to participants and invitations, official documents, travel, conference arrangements, meetings with other groups, speakers and schedules, and other topics concerned with conference organization.

Engagement with external organizations

This series consists of communications and other materials exchanged between the 50th Anniversary Secretariat and external organizations pertaining to the substance of the Bretton Woods 50th Anniversary Conference and the secretariat's outputs. Included are correspondence, conference papers, meeting schedules, and reports from the Bretton Woods Commission. The commission reviewed the history and impact of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and convened a July 1994 meeting in Washington, D.C, titled "Bretton Woods: Looking to the Future."

The series includes communications, event materials, notes on criticism of the Bretton Woods institutions by the "Fifty Years Is Enough" campaign, and other documents on engagement with NGOs. Represented among the external organizations are groups such as the United Nations, the North-South Institute, and the Center of Concern. Included as background material are booklets of published speeches by former World Bank Group President Robert S. McNamara.

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