| April 2008: Robert S. McNamara, World Bank President: April 1, 1968 - June 30, 1981 | November 2007: First Funding for Ghana - Volta River Hydroelectric Project, 1962 | October 2007: Second Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank Group, London, September 1947 |
In honor of Robert S. McNamara who became World Bank President forty years ago, on April 1, 1968 the World Bank Group Archives is highlighting some of his contributions to development. More... | 
In 2007 Ghana is celebrating fifty years of independence. This feature and a series of events scheduled in the World Bank, Washington, DC in November, 2007 commemorate 50 years of partnership between Ghana, the Bank and the Fund. More... | 
In this photograph World Bank President John McCloy and Chairman of the Bank’s Board of Governors Right Honorable Hugh Dalton open the Second Annual Meetings in London, 1947. The Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group meet once a year to discuss the work of their respective institutions. The Annual Meetings, which are in Washington, DC on October 20-22 this year, have traditionally been held in Washington, DC for two consecutive years and in another member country every third year. More... |
| March - Sept. 2007: Dissemination Note on the Social Assessment for India Tuberculosis Control Project, 1997 | February 2007: World Bank's First Development Loans to Chile, March 25, 1948 | Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2006: Holiday Celebrations at the World Bank Group |
In observance of the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24, 2007 the World Bank Group Archives features the Dissemination Note “Social Assessment Influences Design of the India TB Control Project” issued by the Bank's Environment Department in May 1997. More... | 
Maintenance workers erecting and connecting 66 KV transmission lines to link the Los Cipreses hydroelectric power plant with the Sauzal hydroelectric plant and the substations, 1953. More... | 
World Bank staff donate gifts to local charities during the holiday season, December, 1961. More... |
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