Announcement of Mission to Ceylon on September 27, 1951

~I . nn'ERNP.'r!ONAL. l3AI'IC FOR RrnCO~lS~UOTtON AND DEVm..iOtl~T.r FOR~ P:a:ESS for B.ele~ee A.M.Newsr,ape:t;ts, Thursday Press Bel.ease No41/ 261 Septe1J1be1· 27, 1951 The lnternationel Bank for Reconstruction end DeveloIJinep.t announced today that a general economic survey mission, ox-ganiz·ed by the :Sank at the request of the Gov~nt of Ceylon, will leave for Colombo th1s )Teekend. It is scheduled to ~:rr1ve in Ce;lon on Octobe;r:-·6 for a etay ot al)pro~tely two and a halt months. The mission wiU be headed by Si,.r Sydney Caine, 1llltil i-ecently Imited Kingdom Alt8l'll6te Executive Dl.recto~ ot the International Bank, and head of the :5r1t1sh Treasury and Su~ply J)elesation in the Uiu.ted States. The ID.j.f3sion wiU undertake a study of Ceylon•a economic potentialities and make concrete ~co:mnendatione desisned to assist the Goverpmant in formu- I . lating and j.mplem.enting a lO.DS"'~r.p1 c\evelo~eJ,lt p,;-o~. wiU cover the l!la~or sectors· of the Ceylones-e ecop.omy and The mission's studi'es "4+1. includfJ finance,. agricult,ge,· ind1,1etry and ~ne~al re.eo-qrces, 1r.r1.sation and water ~esoi.u,,es., transportation, power, ancl l>Ubl,tc· health. ~e l2-man tet;U,n ~f e~el'ts inel'µdes national.a of F;ranee, India, !taly, the Netherlands, the Um.onaof Sou~ll Af~ica, th,e United Ki;ngdom, the United States, and a n.ative of Hunsa.!7' who is nqw stateleQs. The miee;ton•,s ~~eult-q:ral. tech~o1~n was noll'4nate~ by the Joo4 ~c}Asr.l,oulture O~ganiiation of the United l,~j Nat:l,Qnf!;l 1 which :;ts ah~xe~ns the cost of llie Sf>rv~ces; tJie World Hea,ltll Organization n~~ted the public health spec1a+1et. The m1s,ton :iJlembers and tp.etr s;pee1al fielas ere as foUows: Sir. e;ydney Caine (U .K.) • Chief of Mission· ,I Sir Sydney has had a ~1et1ngu,.shed ca:reer·inthe British GoveZ'n!nent service. As Deputy Under Secretaey ,of ·State o:f tll.e CoiorliaJ. Offic~ durips Wo~~ War I:t,..}¥, 'Wl:ttJ .~~Qciall,y con9~l;'?led 'Wi~h the ;pre'.t)ara- tton ot· lons..te~-~velo~-~t p~~lilS Qf;the 9~lon1~1 territ9r1ee ancl With 1nte1,'nat:L,one.1 ~kettng ~oble~. ·<,f tltt,:lr p~oq.uc·t~, . !) ~9,Pold.· Ba!!ii,yai (Stateless)· .. Fiiiancial A<!,viser Dr. Baranye.1 ~tntly joined the staff ot'the :Bank. At o~~ time President o:r· thE1 Ne1t1~ :Bank of h!f:I ?lative ll~BrY,1 Dl.... :;Baranya1 ha~ e9rvea·s1nce tlle waJ- as ~n adViaer tQ tlle Bank of Engl.,;ln~ ~ ·~osequently to the President ot tlle Oe=sn Cent;rel l3a?$ in Frank'turt. ~rancantoni_o l31assf (Italy) -· AdViser on Power Dr •. Bi~ggi is Pre,,~ident of the Soc:teta Elec-ttrica :Sresei~, Milan, a major $1.lbei<Uary ot ~ Soe:\,eta EdJ.son. 1n :ttaly. In hie. wo~lt he has mad'e i,ntens!ve st"\ldiee of technical and economic problems of pQW~i:- t~nexai·snon, d:!a-trtbut:J.C'.!J?1. and ~ t i o n between the coU:ntnes of ~ddle ~ope. rn t949 he xwepreeented Italy on tlie poweJ' ~esi.011 to t1,le Unite<\ Stfittes spot180).·ed b;r "'EC.A., . Erie :Beecroft (U .s.) .. Aaa1st~t to Mission Chief (First belt of periba.) Mr. Beecroft,'. a staff" member of the Bank, :1$ a speo:taUet ~n Fa,r Ee.stern affairs an<1 fo~rly W&S epe,ci&l rep~"8S~ntat1ve of the u.s. Foreisn Economic 1 ~dm~istratio1:1 in Inq_~a, Ceylon, and A:f'shan.1.stan. (.) William Diamond (u.s.). -AseitJtant to Mission Ch!ef (Second half ot · · . pertod) ~. DiSlnond, ~. ate.ff memQ~r of the :Bank,· spent seven], years in Eui..ope where, fiJJlOijg other agencies, he eerved :with the u.s. 'Foreisn ~onomic Ac;lmin:ts~t~on and t.JN.RM. :Paul T. Ellawo~h (u.s.) .,. Ch:tet Economist D~. Ellewo~h recently joinedth.e stdf of the Bank. Fo;rme:rly a :ET<:>tesso~ of Jconon4cs at th:~ University ot WieCQ1l9in, Dr. ;Ellsworth has i,erved, as eccm.omlc ad"'11ser .,1n u,s. Tree.~, :Board of l£conom1c Wa~Q;t'e and the Depe.rt~nt ot State. Jean. B.· de Fa,rJ!!!! fir~anc,e ). - Adviser on I~igat:to;i and · ·· · · · Water Resources ?v~. de Jrar6',les, chief eQginee~ of' the l',,a;t'ge ~s De~ent in tbe ·irei,.ch M1n3.atr,- of. :rna.i1Stry and Power, has l}ad wide e~erience ·1n ·lrr1$1tton: ·~nd the developpie~t of we,i;(';r re .. ,1touroee:, b~ in:~nce aticl.'ab~cl. Be baa been attacbe(l to several l3e.n'.k m1s$jc;,~ch :~o·st recentl.Y, t~e nd.ssion to I~q. ~111t.~ . ~·. ~1~;:P!s,·. (u.s,} · • ~· tconotr4st ~ •. G1~1nf .~ ~ 1 $ ~ ~~e etatt of ~~ :aank et®& 1946; ,: :ts.. a.· ei-.4~~at :tn Jr1r ·.E.ast<,~i eooii~c ~~t;r~. . '  " --:3 - .... fre.nc1e .w.:.-.~n..{g;.s..•) - . . . .. - ~ :, t ";:.-, ~ . ·.• •. . ' ·i-,AclV$ser ·on ·Industry and Mineral:Besour.oes Dr,. ·Coclwin ·is a·h, indu$t~al -~~neW,;tant who was. formerly essoe':Lated .. :-:1.tttl:l th~ J\nrio~ . Re~e.~h -Fo~<l,~!f~i.oti. lvh:Ue Directo:r of I~ter- . national,:.Operatlou . :f'(?r. the .fo~Q.et.ion; he headed a number of teehm~al ·a·nd ec·onom1c missions tc, ·.Qountr-ies of nttin America. · lte ·ws ·a ·membez t;he ·3381lk m±ss1on to· Cuba 1n·,19.50.of ' I . t ,........._ Kru1thof :,(?Te.therlands·) . .A~ie . ~ · . ~,. ·- Adviser. on Agricultural · · ··· · .. P~oduotion EconO)ld.cs ·;Mr. ~thof is an . agricult~l econOJnist on ·the Bank* s staff with· considerable ex.per.ience j,n tropical agriculture. He Spent a .number of years in ,:rave. and ·worked extensively on. ru.bbe1", tea.; and cinchona prod'&iction J;>ro°Qlems. · .Jo.hn ,, D~ M. Lutt-~n-Johnson (U,S.} - ~dViee:t- ~ . ---~ on 1rans:portat1on . Ur. Lu.ttnian-Jobnson is a oivil engineer with Wi_de experience ·11?-. the ensineering and const1'1,lc~1on·,of both land and transport faciliti.~s. In recent 1ears he has beep. principally engaged ~n projects on the Atlantic Coast and in Alaska. Re has also worked eX,tensively in Sou~~ Afrtoa and Southern India. Dr. Amolak B. ~ (Jndia) ~ Adv:!rser on l,.tblio Health Dr._Mehta recently resigned as Deputy Director General of Health Services of India. He has.had lons ex:perienoe in the organizati.on and; administration of p"blic health p ~ and fac;ll:l. ties and has repreeent~d hie Govermnent at Yirious inter- ~tional conferences conoe~e<l with publ.ic health and well'are :p~blema. Dr. Mehta was nom:f,nated bJ WHO. John F. V ~ Phillips ( South Af1•1c~) ~ Adviser on General Agrioultiu:;ae Profeseor ~1U1ps hee.ds the Depa"ment of Agriculture :tn ~e Un:j.veraity ot the Gold Coa.st at Accru and 1a aleo J"a!f.nt General !-tanager an(l General Manase~ f'Ol." agriculture of 'nle Ove1·~eas JJ'ood Corporation. He ~as -wo:rked widely in British Colonial Afnca, · both under tlle :British Colonial Office and. :Sl•iti·sh state-aid ent.er,pr1aes, on :p~oblema ot ·food production and agricultur~l· reeea1~ch and experimental work. He was· noJµj.nated b~" FAO.