The Pearson Commission on International Development investigated the effectiveness of the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

's development assistance in the 20 years to 1968 and made recommendations for future operation of the organization. In August 1968

Robert S. McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the ...

, then President of the World Bank, formed the commission, asking former Canadian Prime Minister and

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

winner

Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian scholar, statesman, diplomat, and politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of ...

to head the commission. On September 15, 1969, Pearson and seven colleagues on the Commission on International Development delivered their report, ''Partners in Development''. Frank Judd
How Will Britain React to the Report?
/ref>

External links

Report of the Commission on International Development (Pearson Report)
World Bank History of international development

References

{{int-org-stub