High coffee prices have prevailed since the end of 1949 and particularly since the end of 1953, which have resulted in substantial increases in income for the coffee-exporting countries. In a Bank report,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: TO57Date: July 31, 1954
This press release, dated June 10, 1954, announces a loan of $7.5 million to assist a program being carried out to modernize the railways of French West Africa. The Bank’s loan will provide funds for the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 150139Date: June 10, 1954
This press release, dated June 2, 1954, announces a loan of five million pounds (equivalent to fourteen million USD) for the construction of a natural gas transmission line in West Pakistan. The project,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 150138Date: June 2, 1954
This International Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: needed a new world trade mentality, by Eugene R. Black; welcome to new staff members; non-technical appraisals; the bank's...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64002Date: June 1, 1954Author:
Black,Eugene R.
This paper serves as an introduction to and a link between the separate reports on France and French West Africa. It begins with a description of the relations within the French Union and the franc area...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EA29Date: May 24, 1954
This press release, dated May 3, 1954, announces the release of the financial statements for the nine-month period ended March 31, 1954. Figures on net income, the Supplemental Reserve, Special Reserve,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 150137Date: May 3, 1954
This International Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: mission to Australia, by Hugh Collier; evening in Paris; and the Bank's Executive Directors.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64000Date: April 1, 1954Author:
Collier, Hugh
This press release, dated March 2, 1954, announces an eighty-four million USD loan to the Commonwealth of Australia. The loan will be used for the import of capital goods and equipment needed for development...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149742Date: March 2, 1954
This press release announces the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s statement of its principal activities since June 30, 1953, supplementing the Eighth Annual Report of the Bank. ...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149657Date: March 1, 1954
This press release, dated February 26, 1954, announces a loan of three million eight hundred thousand USD to the Government of Turkey for port development. The loan will supplement a loan made in July...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149741Date: February 26, 1954
This press release, dated February 10, 1954, announces an eight and a half million USD loan to Ecuador for a highway construction program designed to stimulate the development of agricultural production...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149737Date: February 10, 1954
The press release announces a mission to Syria organized by the Bank at the request of the Government of Syria to make a general survey of its economy. Studies are set to begin in Damascus on February...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149736Date: February 3, 1954
This International Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: marketing World Bank bonds; international Bank for reconstruction and development; welcome to new staff members; department...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63998Date: February 1, 1954Author:
Qarni, Absar
This press release, dated January 13, 1954, announces a mission from Washington for the Federation of Malaya and the Crown Colony of Singapore for general survey of economic conditions. The mission plans...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149732Date: January 13, 1954
Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America. Politically, Brazil has a history of exceptional stability and democratic orientation. Income is unevenly distributed among both regional...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 67054Date: January 5, 1954Author:
Parker, N. B.
This International Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: America and world resources, by Robert L. Gamer; welcome to new staff members; Christmas party 1953; trading post; personals;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63997Date: January 1, 1954Author:
Gamer, Robert L.
This 1953 report provides a brief overview of economic developments in Brazil since the last survey was conducted in 1952. Brazil has now funded its foreign exchange backlog, accumulated during 1951-52,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: WH16Date: December 31, 1953
This International Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: welcome to new staff members; holiday at home; international cooking corner; tennis club party; personals; bowling with...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63996Date: December 1, 1953Author:
Smythe, Jim
This press release announces the Bank's net income for three months ending September 30, 1953 was five million two hundred eighty-five thousand six hundred sixty dollars.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 152032Date: November 4, 1953
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