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Date(s)
- 1970 - 2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
8.70 linear feet of textual records
Context area
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Scope and content
Series consists of records relating to training sessions, workshops, and conferences participated in or attended by J.D. Von Pischke during his time at the World Bank Group (WBG). Many of the instructional activities were undertaken in support of the WBG's Economic Development Institute (EDI), but others were offered in his capacity as a sector or operations staff member or consultant.
Materials relate to a broad range of topics. Of the most common are rural finance and agricultural credit, specifically debt capacity and loan repayment performance, credit policy frameworks, small and medium enterprise (SME) finance, credit guarantee schemes, farm investment analysis, project finance and basic financial analysis, and portfolio and loan quality control. There are also country/project-specific materials tied to India (Tamil Nadu projects, rural credit terms), Bangladesh (fertilizer credit and poverty alleviation projects), Sudan mechanized farming, Yemen rural development, agricultural credit workshops in Ghana, Nigeria rural financial policy, and transition-era banking reform training in Moscow and Uzbekistan. Conference and seminar presentations on credit unions, cooperative financial institutions, and financial reform are also included.
Record types include case studies, exercises, outlines, workbooks, presentation notes, and transparencies as well as what appear to be reference materials (reports, articles, and notes).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The order of the records when transferred to the custody of the World Bank Group Archives has been maintained. In some cases, loose materials were combined with similar records to form a single folder.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Records are subject to the World Bank Access to Information Policy.
Conditions governing reproduction
Records are subject to the Terms of Use for the World Bank Group Textual Records.
Language of material
English
Spanish
Russian
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Finding aids
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Rules and/or conventions used
Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).
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Dates of creation revision deletion
14 January 2026