01607cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011513 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781616352882 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, December 1967. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1967. 1 online resource (84 pages) Finance and Development <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper discusses the project financed by the World Bank for controlling the flow of the Chao Phya River in Thailand. Chao Phya is the lifestream of the Thai people. However, this river, and its principal tributaries are, in their natural state, capricious rivers. In the early 1950s, the World Bank began assisting the Thai government in a series of projects designed to break this ancient tyranny of the rivers' violent changes. The paper describes how the river is being tamed for irrigation and navigation, and how they are providing electric power and other benefits. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0004/004 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0004/004/022.0004.issue-004-en.xml IMF e-Library