RESAI Director J. Polak Subject Files

16535

1955-1979, predominant 1968-1975

series

textual records

21 lf of textual records

Access to records of the Group of Ten, Development Committee and Group of Twenty-Four is closed for external researchers.

Series consists of the subject files of Jacques Polak, Director of the Research Department (1958-1979) and the Fund's Economic Counsellor (1966-1979). The bulk of the records cover the period from 1968 to 1975 and consist mainly of such operational records as internal memos to and from other department heads, the Managing Director and Research Department division heads; draft and final staff papers for internal and external use; comments on draft staff papers and Fund policy issues; external correspondence with academic and governmental economists; minutes and policies of external bodies (Group of Ten, Development Committee, the OECD's WP-3); information copies of memos from Research Department divisions; and arrangements to attend and present papers at conferences and meetings. Most topics of importance to the Fund from 1968 to 1975 are reflected in these records, as well as documents concerning a variety of member countries. Of particular significance are issues related to the adoption of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs); review of country quotas and currency designation; exchange rates and various currency crises; the demonetarization of gold and the role of gold in the Fund, the development and regulation of the Fund facilities, particularly the Oil Facility; and the findings of the Committee of Twenty and the reform of the Fund. Documents are arranged by subject in reverse chronological order.