IMF Training Program Sessions

2392

1951-1976

sub-series

40 audio reels

Researchers may consult with the User CDs for this series.

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.