GOVERNANCE CORRESPONDENCE FILES - 5v
- 01283493
- Pasta/Processo
- 1991-01-01 - 1992-12-31
GOVERNANCE CORRESPONDENCE FILES - 5v
GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE FILES - 6v
Governance Task Force Chair's records
This series consists of records related to the study of governance maintained by K. Sarwar Lateef, chair of the Governance Task Force. Included are inputs about governance submitted by regional officers; the task force's working drafts, comments on drafts, and final versions of the "Managing Development: The Governance Dimension" discussion paper; and notes on the task force's presentation to the Board of Directors in June 1991. Also included are chronological files of governance-related correspondence to and from Lateef, some of which were created in 1992, after the Governance Task Force had been disbanded.
Records of the Governance Task Force
This sub-fonds consists of records created by the Governance Task Force and maintained by the chair of the task force, K. Sarwar Lateef.
Local Cost Financing and Project Cost Sharing, Task Force Report - Vol. 3
Local Cost Financing and Project Cost Sharing, Task Force Report - Vol. 2
Local Cost Financing and Project Cost Sharing, Task Force Report - Vol. 1
Series consists of records relating to the Task Force on Cost Sharing and Local Cost Financing created and received by task force Chairman Randy Harris of the Central Operations Department (COD). Records include what was likely reference material for: the initial response to the Board regarding the determination of the levels of local cost financing and cost sharing for individual projects; and for the work of the actual Task Force on Cost Sharing and Local Cost Financing. These records primarily date fromthe mid- to late 1980s, but also include a November 29, 1968 memorandum by the Bank's general counsel in response to a policy paper on "Foreign exchange loans for local expenditures." Reference material dating from the 1980s primarily takes the form of memoranda discussing specific cases of cost sharing in Bank projects. A review of Bank practices and policies relating to cost sharing, dated March 14, 1986 and distributed by Operational Policy Vice President S. Shahid Husain, is also included.
The seriesincludes records relating to the Bank's initial response to questions on cost sharing from the Executive Directors. These records primarily include memoranda and correspondence discussing the review of the drafted response but also include lists showing then current country cost sharing limits. A transcription of the portion of the June 13, 1989, Board meeting where questions about cost sharing in Bank projects were initially raised is included and what appears to be the final text of the response coordinated by COD Director Ducksoo Lee and shared with Secretary's Vice President and Secretary Timothy T. Thahane for distribution to the Executive Directors on October 2, 1989.
Records relating to the establishment of the Task Force begin in late October 1989 and consist almost exclusively of memoranda. Memoranda includes attachments in the form of reference material, Task Force report drafts and draft reviews, and responses by Task Force members to a request for thoughts on the subject of project cost sharing.Minutes of Task Force meetings are also included.
An early draft (February 14, 1990) distributed to Task Force members and to Senior Vice President of Operations (OPNSV) Moeen Qureshi is included. Responses to a subsequent draft circulated to Task Force members on April 27, 1990 is also included, although the draft itself is not. Two copies of the final report submitted to Qureshi on May 31, 1990 are also included, with a cover letter authored by Mr. Lee.
Records dating from after the submission of thereport to Qureshi relate to implementation of the report's suggestions and to the drafting of OD 6.30 Local Cost Financing and Cost Sharing.
Records on the Task Force on Cost Sharing and Local Cost Financing
Sub-fonds consists of records created and received by Randolph Harris of the Central Operations Department (COD) while serving as Chairman of the Task Force on Cost Sharing and Local Cost Financing. Records consist of memoranda between Task Force members and drafts of the Task Force's final report. Records also consist of records related to communications with the World Bank Board of Executive Directors on the topic.
EXTERNAL ACTORS - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 5v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - BACKGROUND MATERIAL / CORRESPONDENCE - 1v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - BRETTON WOODS - NGOs - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 1v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - BRETTON WOODS - CORRESPONDENCE - 2v
Bretton Woods Background Material - Booklets
EXTERNAL ACTORS - INVITATIONS - U.N., OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - 2v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - INVITATIONS / CORRESPONDENCE (EXTERNAL) - 1v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - CORRESPONDENCE (INTERNAL/ORGANIZATIONAL) - 1v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - OTHER / MISCELLANEOUS - 2v
NORTH-SOUTH INSTITUTE ROUNDTABLE PAPERS - 2v
EXTERNAL ACTORS - NGOs, NORTH-SOUTH INSTITUTE, BRETTON WOODS PAPERS - 3v
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.
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - ANNUAL MEETINGS, MADRID 1994 - 1v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - DISKETTES - 1v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS - 1v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - INVITATIONS - PARTICIPANTS A - I - 1v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - INVITATIONS - PARTICIPANTS J - Z - 2v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 3v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN - SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES - 1v
BRETTON WOODS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE, MADRID SPAIN; CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS - 2v
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.
DEVELOPMENT RECORD (EVOLVING ROLE OF THE BANK) DRAFTS AND CHRON FILES - 7v
SCHMERTZ COMPANY WORK ON BANK'S IDENTITY - box
World Bank 50th (Fiftieth) Anniversary Secretariat - Informal Network - Young Crowd - Volume 1
VISION OUTPUTS - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 4v
APPROACH PAPER AND DRAFT VISION PAPERS - 4v
VISION PAPERS - REGIONAL : MNAVP, SASVP, DECVP, ESDVP, HROVP, FPDVP,AFRVP,LACVP, EAPVP, ECAVP - 4v
BANK'S CORPORATE IDENTITY - 2v
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.