01551cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011568 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781616353445 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, March 1981. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1981. 1 online resource (48 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 reviews the 'significant impact' of World Bank lending for the rural poor. The paper highlights that a review of 130 World Bank lending operations has found that 94 percent of the total investments completed between 1976 and 1979 have appeared to achieve their major objectives or are well on their way to doing so. And the World Bank's first projects for helping large numbers of poor small farmers have significantly improved farmers' productivity and incomes. Most of the projects were launched in the 1970s. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0018/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0018/001/022.0018.issue-001-en.xml IMF e-Library