I have found another\u00a0previously unpublished document from the Bretton Woods conference.<\/p>\n
“Questions and Answers on the Bank for Reconstruction and Development”\u00a0discusses the institution now better known as the World Bank. The document\u00a0was prepared by the U.S. Treasury Department and distributed to delegates\u00a0and journalists at Bretton Woods. It has been known and cited by historians, but only a few copies seem to exist in libraries, and it has never before been widely\u00a0available.<\/p>\n
The 22 questions and answers cover a variety of issues. Many remain\u00a0relevant today, such as Question 4: “What is the appropriate role of the\u00a0Bank in the field of international investment? Will the Bank compete with\u00a0private financial institutions?” Others are now out of date but provide\u00a0insight into how the organizers of the Bretton Woods conference expected the\u00a0world financial system to evolve after the worldwide depression of the 1930s\u00a0and the world war that was then raging.<\/p>\n
The transcription of the document is available here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Photographs of an original mimeograph of the document are available here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0These efforts are part of the CFS Bretton Woods Project. They complement the CFS’s recent release of the hardcover edition\u00a0of The Bretton Woods Transcripts<\/em><\/a>, edited by me and\u00a0Andrew Rosenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n I will have some short reflections on the document in a couple of follow-up posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have found another\u00a0previously unpublished document from the Bretton Woods conference. “Questions and Answers on the Bank for Reconstruction and Development”\u00a0discusses the institution now better known as the World Bank. The document\u00a0was prepared by the U.S. Treasury Department and distributed … Continue reading