Series - Research, project support, and reference files

Shelton H. Davis -  Culture and Development Background - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Cultural Diversity Thematic Team - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Culture and Development - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Colombia - Natural Resource Management [NRM] Project - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis -Afro-Latin American - Proposal - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Colombia - Pacific Coast Shelton H. Davis  - Colombia - General - Reports (Foreign Language) Shelton H. Davis - Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA] - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Mexico Agricultural Productivity Project - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Mexico Indigenous Profiles Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Latin America and the Caribbean [LAC] - Cultural Heritage - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Afro Descendant Publications - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Indigenous Peoples Portfolio Review Shelton H. Davis - Meeting Culture - 1974-1997 - Correspondence Shelton H. Davis - Bolivia - Indigenous Peoples - Popular Participation - Reports Shelton H. Davis - Colombia - Natural Resource Management [NRM] - Correspondence - Volume 1 Shelton H. Davis - Colombia - Natural Resource Management [NRM] - Correspondence - Volume 2 Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Colombia - Natural Resource Management Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Colombia - NRM Project - DPN Encuento Forestal Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Colombia - NRM - Program of Natural Resources Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Mexico - Marginal Land Areas Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Colombia - NRM Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Mexico - Regional / Rural Development Shelton H. Davis - Field Notes - Ecuador - Petroleum / Amazon Study

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WB IBRD/IDA-STAFF-18-02

Title

Research, project support, and reference files

Date(s)

  • 1986 - 2004 (Creation)

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20.59 linear feet of textual records; 10 VHS tapes; 12 Compact Discs (CD); 2 Digital Video Discs (DVD)

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Scope and content

This series consists of records that supported Davis' project work, policy development, and research. It contains field notes, project files, reference files, and research materials that cover Davis' World Bank career. The field notes are handwritten notebooks from Davis' operational field work, meetings, and project site visits from 1986 to 2002. The majority of the field notes arise from Davis' work in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, especially the earlier years as Senior Sociologist for the Environment Unit, Latin America and Caribbean Region (LATEN) from 1987 to 1991. Some notes are included from operational fieldwork and site visits in India, the Philippines, Russia, and Mozambique from his later years as Principal Sociologist for the Social Policy and Resettlement Division (ENVSP) from 1993 to 1997. The series also contains project site visit notes Davis created to review progress and compliance with safeguard policies (e.g. indigenous rights, environment, and sustainability) at development sites, primarily as a Sector Manager in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.

This series also includes extensive reference and project files. The reference files consist of papers, articles, reports, and publications typically devoted to a particular subject. Much of the reference material was authored and/or published externally by outside agencies, institutions, or person(s). The project files contain similar contents, but differ because they also contain project proposals, correspondence, memoranda, annotated notes, draft reports, and final reports, which are primarily created by Davis or by the units in which he served at the Bank. An example includes the file Social Assessments, 1998-2002, which details assessments and reviews done for development projects in the Latin America and Caribbean Region countries. Other files are specific to a country project, or to policy development, including Indigenous Peoples files related to World Bank operational directive "OD 4.20 - Indigenous Peoples" and operational policy "OP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples". It is unclear what records in this series were maintained strictly for project support or reference because the records are interfiled together within a single folder, usually according to topic. Furthermore, the files overlap different periods in Davis' career when he served in different positions or areas of responsibility 

This series contains VHS tapes, DVDs, and CDs sent to Davis from outside agencies, institutions, and persons. These audio-visual items are not World Bank produced, but relate directly to areas of interests to Davis, including Latin America, indigenous rights and culture, bio-diversity, sustainability, and the environment. It is uncertain how Davis used these items in his roles at the Bank, but most likely kept them for reference.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

The field notes have no inherent classification system or intellectual arrangement. The reference files and project files are sometimes divided chronologically, alphabetically, by subject, or have no discernable arrangement. The VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and audio-cassettes have no inherent intellectual arrangement.

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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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Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).

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Dates of creation revision deletion

23 January 2014

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