Oral history interview with I.G. Patel, 2001.

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Oral history interview with I.G. Patel, 2001.

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Born 1924 near Baroda, India. Education: Baroda College of Bombay University, University of Cambridge, Harvard University. Career: economist and executive director for India for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Indian Ministry of Finance, Indian Secretary for Economic Affairs, deputy administrator of UN Development Programme (UNDP), Commission on Global Governance, Director of London School of Economics (LSE). Themes: education in economics; practical knowledge gained at IMF; dialogue between IMF and UN on economic and development issues; progress of post-independence India; growth in economic relationship between India and US; sterling balance dispute; devaluation of Indian currency; Indian economic policy planning; relationship between ideas in UN and ideas in India; wastefulness of UN bureaucracy; conservatism of the UN; financial crises and oil crises; relationship between governments and created organizations; relations between developed and developing world; improvement of North-South dialogue; international organization involvement in national governance; challenges for Economic Security Council; tension between UN and IMF and World Bank; benefits and drawbacks of non-governmental organizations (NGOs); work at and governing system of LSE; advocacy of privatization.

transcript: 66 p.

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