This study examines the operational performance of the Mexican National Railways from 1945 through 1947. It complements a previous study or war time progress in breaking transport bottlenecks to Mexican...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM79Date: April 13, 1948
Modern Turkey is a predominantly agricultural country. Despite the efforts made by the government since 1923 to further industrial development, over 80 percent of the Turkish people still derive their...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: L251Date: March 31, 1948
Modern Turkey is a predominantly agricultural country. Despite the efforts made by the government since 1923 to further industrial development, over 80 percent of the Turkish people still derive their...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: UNN3Date: March 31, 1948
This preliminary report is the fourth in a series of Papers which the Eastern European Division of the Bank's Loan Department is issuing to report on conditions prevailing in the various countries within...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: L250Date: March 31, 1948
The sale of U.S. surplus ships to foreign-flag operators ended March 1, 1948. It was cut off by legislation amending the Merchant Ship Sales Act to be any further transfer of Government owned, war-built...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM76Date: March 30, 1948
Situated in the northwestern part of South America, Colombia has a coast line on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Agriculture plays the major role in the Colombian economy. Although remaining essentially...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: L31Date: March 25, 1948
With this mid-1947 census of the world merchant fleet by magnitude, composition, and nationality, there is initiated an ERM series to be kept current at periodic intervals hereafter. The date (June 30,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM67Date: March 2, 1948
This study considers coal and coke traffic only. It does so because (1) Europe needs to move all the solid fuel she can as fast as her mines produce it; (2) Today, as pre-war, coal and coke comprise a...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM70Date: March 1, 1948
This study is concerned with transit traffic along the inland waterways and through the ocean ports of Northwest Europe. It compares pre-war with post-war use of the Rhine and related arteries, pre-war...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM62Date: February 26, 1948
This press release, dated January 22, 1948, announces during the quarter ended December 31, 1947, Bank operations resulted in an excess of income over expenses for the first time in its history.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 145698Date: January 22, 1948
This press release, dated January 13, 1948, is an address by President John J. McCloy before the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The address took place at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 145650Date: January 13, 1948
This report records the development of African colonies in 1948. The general description of the area and state of development in terms of physical conditions, economic highlights, population, system of...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: L38Date: January 1, 1948
This press release announces the Bank is conducting a fact-finding mission in the Philippines on December 31, 1947. The mission is to study economic and financial conditions.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 145645Date: December 31, 1947
This press release announces the Bank is sending a mission to Chile on December 5, 1947. The purpose of the mission is to perform economic and technical studies relative the Chilean loan application.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 145635Date: December 5, 1947
This transcript, from the session of the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) held on December 3, 1947 covers the following: (i)approval of the one hundred...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 135721Date: December 3, 1947
This press release is an address given by Eugene R. Black, Executive Director at the Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Investment Bankers Association on December 2, 1947 in Hollywood, Florida.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 145603Date: December 2, 1947
This transcript, from the session of the Executive Directors held on November 13, 1947 covers only the discussion of One Hundred and Tenth regular and informal meeting.
This the second of a series of papers issued to report on the economic position of the countries of Eastern Europe. It presents a collection of statistical tables intended to provide a quantitative record...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: UNN2Date: October 31, 1947
This transcript, from the session of the Executive Directors held on October 29, 1947 covers only the discussion One Hundred and Eighth regular and informal meeting.
This press release announces the Bank issued the quarterly financial statements on October 21, 1947. The financial statements include the balance sheet, the statement of income and expenses for three months...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 145570Date: October 21, 1947
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