Announcement of the Mission to Morocco on February 25, 1964

·.ii. INTERNATIOI\IAL BANK FOR , • RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 1818 H STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON D. C. 20433 l!ank Press Release No. For re1ease,AM Newspapers e+/4 Subject: Mission to Mo!i'c~~t-' Tuesday, February 25, 1964 The World Bank is sending a general survey mission to Morocco, at the request of the Government, to assess the country's developmental potential and to recommend ,, economic policies, institutional arrangements and the elements of an investment pro- gram designed to accelerate ec·onomic growth. The mission, consisting of 11 members, Will be headed by Dr. J. W. Beyen, . formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The other mission members in.elude economists and advfsers on agriculture, industry, transport, electric power, education a.nd tourism. The Food and Agriculture Organization is cooperating with the Bank in this mission by providing from its staff the two agricultural advisers ., ~dbl _giving the mission both headquarters and field support_:_ ~~ --- education ad- viser was recruited in consultation With UNESCO. The mission Will begin its field •• ,, I' work in Rabat on February 26 and expects to remain in Morocco for about three months. The mission will stuey the principal sectors of the economy to identify their problems and potentialities; examine the internati:onal position of Morocco, both with respect to the prospects for particular commodities and to its relationship )l; with other trading areas; assess the amount';, 1bf capital which could be used by the public sector for developmental purposes over approximately the next five years; /'\ recommend in· broad outline a.n appropriate allocation .r,.-:? the resources ~,ia,11able for investment in. various sectors, indicating priorities; review present fiscal and monetary polici~s; e~ine institutions concerned With development; recommend policy ..• and institutional changes which would promote a ,,better rate of growth and pattern of development; study and advise on measures ;to stimulate private investment, both domestic and foreign.  f • - 2 - J. W. Beyen (Dutch}; - Chief of Mission Since 1935, Dr. Beyen has held a succession of important positions, serving as President of the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland, Executive Director of -the Worlii Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Minister of Foreign Af'fairs of the Netherlands, and. bis country's Ambassador to France. Between,1927 and 1935 he was Managing Director of Rotterda.msche Bank, ?Rotterdam, and. from 1940 to 1946 a Director of Lever Brothers and Unilever- Paul E. Boaz (American) - Chief Economist Mr. Booz became a member of the World Bank's Development Advisory Service in March 1963. Mr. Booz has had extensive experience in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia stemming mainly from his service with agencies of the United Nations and-with the Ford Foundation. For a period he was Economic Adviser to the Govern- ment of Jordan and subsequently Chairman of the Department of Economics at American University in Beirut. A member of the Pakistan Advisory Group of Harvard Univer- sity from 1956 to.1:961, he served successively as Senior Economic Adviser to the Governments of West Pakistan and East Pakistan. Odd Magnus Myhrer (Norwegian) - Economist \' Mr. Myhrer joined the staff of the Bank in 1959. Prior to that, he had served as an Administrator at OEEC in Paris; Research Aspociate at Chr. Michelsens Institute in Norway;''a.nd Secretary of the Housing Directorate in Or:;lo. • H. David Davis {British) - Economist Mr. Davis Joined the Bank in 1959. During the previous ten years he served successively as Briefing Officer of the OEEC in Paris, Editor of the International Edition of the Journal of Commerce in New York, and Study Director of the Bureau of Social Science Research in Washington, D.C. Between 1947 and 1949, he was Economic Informp.~ion Officer of the British Information Services in New York • .Arend Eisenloeffel (Dutch) - Adviser on Industry Since 1959 Doctor Eisenloeffel has been an independent Industrial Consultant in The Hague, Holland, working in such fields as industrial liaison and intelli- gence,)chemical market surveys, project evaluation and joint ventures. He parti- cipated. in the UN Industrial Survey Mission to Burma and in the FAO survey of industries based. on agriculture for the Dominican Republic. Earlier, Doctor Eisenloeffel was Technical Director of Industrial Enterprises, Inc., Iran and Plant Manager of Unilever, India. Melchior 0. de Lisle &E;fench) - .,Transport Advisez: ~ . . Mr. de Lisle is attached to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from which he has taken leave of absence to serve on this mission. Between 1951 and 1959, he was Director General of Public Works and Transport in the.Cameroun. From • 1961 to 1962 he was Chief of Public Works Services of the United Nations in the Congo.  - 3- Gustave Jean Charles Maryssael (BelS,an) .. Adviser on Power Since 1961 Mr. Maryssael has been a.n Agent in the field ot Engineering De- sign and Contracting with companies of the Simon engineering group. From 1937 to 196o, he was associated with the Mexican Light and Power Co., Ltd., Toronto, Canada, first as General Manager and later as President and General Manager. In his earlier career he was an engineer with SOFINA of Belgium. Leonard H. S. Emerson (British) - Educat:ton Adviser Mr. Emerson was a member of the World Bank general survey mission to the Territorj·)of' Papua and New Guinea in 1963. Mr. Emerson has been a member of the staf{,of UNESCO, serving successively as Advi$er on Educational Planning in Venezuela and Panama, Acting Chief of UNESCO's Education Planning Division and Adviser and Rapporteur on UNESCO Educational Investment Programming Missions to the Sudan and Ethiopia~ Luis A•. Bolin (Spanish) - Adviser on Tourism Mr. Bolin was Information Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1952 to 1963. During part of that time he was Chairman of the European Travel Commission in New York. From 1938 to 1952 he was Director General of Tourism in Spain. .! Gµy Perrin de Brichambaut {French) - Agricultur$1 Production Adviser Since 1954, Mr. de Brichc:tmbaut has been associated with the Food and Agri- culture Organization. From 1958 to 1959, he was a General Agriculturalist of the Mediterranean Development Project with special responsibility for Morocco and Tunisia. Since 1959, he has been associated With a number of missions to the Near East, Africa and Latin America in connection with ecological andaagricul- tural development projects. Claude Brochu (French) - Agricultu-ral Planning Adviser Mr. Brochu is a member of the Fqod and Agriculture Organization Task Force advising on agricultural planning in ii.d~eloping countries. Between 1953 and 1963, he served with the Commissariat General in charge of Re~cnal. Development Plans and Coordination of Development of' the Agricultural S~,;i·}' ,with overall development in Madagascar.