Titolo
IMF Training Program Sessions
Riferimento
2392
Data
1951-1976
Livello di descrizione
sub-series
Portata
40 audio reels
Conditions governing access
Researchers may consult with the User CDs for this series.
Ambito e contenuto
Series features recordings of internal training sessions by economists such as E. M. Bernstein, Richard B. Brenner, Frank Coe, Oscar Altman, Nigel Lawson, Irving Friedman, Ernest Sturc, Phillip Thorson, and Albin Pfeifer. These speeches are about the following topics: Problems of the Fund; European Payments Union; Historical Background and Events Leading to the Establishment of the Fund; Special Concepts of Fund Agreement; Productivity and Dollar Payments Problem; Exchange Restrictions; Sterling as a Medium of International Settlement; Role of Capital in Economic Development; Regional Economic Cooperation in Europe; Economic Policy in Small Countries; and Organization of the Fund. Speeches sometimes begin with an introductory biographical statement about the speaker, and are often followed up with a question-and-answer session. Recordings are arranged in chronological order.