TY - BOOK ED - International Monetary Fund. TI - Finance & Development, September 1981 T2 - Finance & Development; Finance & Development, Volume 18 SN - 1616353465 : SN - 0145-1707 PY - 1981/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Banking KW - imf KW - Development Banking KW - Drainage KW - Irrigation KW - China, People's Republic of KW - Colombia N2 - This paper discusses the appointment of A.W. Clausen as the new World Bank president. Mr. Clausen, 57, joined the Bank of America in 1949 as a trainee just out of the University of Minnesota law school and rose to become president of the San Francisco-based institution 21 years later. His career at the Bank of America spanned 31 years, and he played an important role in the bank's expansion in the United States and overseas. Mr. Clausen has been bestowed many honors, including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF022/12479-9781616353469/12479-9781616353469/12479-9781616353469.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781616353469 ER -