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2001 CGIAR Annual Report : Global Knowledge for Local Impact. Agricultural Science and Technology in Sustainable Development by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Also included are messages by Robert McNamara, the Honorable Clare Short, and Eliseo R. …”
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International Agricultural Research Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 14-15, 1971: Summary of Proceedings and Conclusions by World Bank

“…Other conclusions were requests for: revision of secretariat paper on CGIAR objectives and CGIAR organization; a secretariat study of possible participation of developing country representatives; nomination by the cosponsors for approval at the first CGIAR meeting of members for a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC); and FAO in consultation with TAC to prepare a report on the feasibility of a databank on agricultural research for the benefit of developing countries.Opening statements included messages in absentia from Robert McNamara, President of the World Bank and Paul Hoffman, Administrator of UNDP; an FAO overview of the state of agricultural productivity in developing countries; and a Ford and Rockefeller Foundation paper on the philosophy underlying the establishment of the first four IARCs and the CGIAR. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 28: November 1, 1985: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Former World Bank President Robert McNamara delivered the first Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture.The TAC Chairman reported on TAC 37 and 38. …”
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