Oral history interview with I.G. Patel, 2001

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Name: Patel, I. G. (Indraprasad Gordhanbhai), 1924- (Interviewee); Berthelot, Yves (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with I.G. Patel, 2001
Abstract: 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 o f 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
Collection Name: United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects: Economists; International economic relations; Non-governmental organizations; India Economic conditions 1947-; India Economic policy; Developing countries Foreign economic relations; Patel, I. G. (Indraprasad Gordhanbhai), 1924-; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History; United Nations Development Programme; International Monetary Fund; London School of Economics and Political Science; World Bank
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2001

Note (Biographical): Economist, UN Development Programme
Note: Interviewed by Yves Berthelot on March 9, 2001
Note (Provenance): Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13684719
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wd3a-4324
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