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Meyer owned the The Washington Post and was its publisher from 1933 to 1946; the paper stayed in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century. He was the first president of the World Bank Group from June to December 1946. His daughter, Katharine "Kay" Graham, took the Post over in 1963 and remained its titular head until her death in 2001.
In 1946, when Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer was named the first president of the World Bank, he passed the position of publisher to Graham.When Meyer left the World Bank later that year, he took the title of chairman of the board of the Washington Post Company, leaving Graham as publisher.
Eugene Meyer, who had pushed for both pieces of legislation, after heading up an organization similar to the RFC during World War I, was a governor of the Federal Reserve, and chairman of the Board of the RFC. Essentially, the RFC was the "discount lending" arm of the Federal Reserve.
The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.
Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991.Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
In the spring of 2011, the World Bank urged Kenya’s finance ministry to end the evictions until the bank could help the government work out a plan for addressing the Sengwer’s concerns. According to bank officials, Kenyan authorities agreed to stop the evictions until they found new land where the Sengwer could relocate.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:05, 2 September 2018: 2,856 × 2,727 (3.88 MB): Animalparty: File:Katharine Meyer, daughter of Eugene Meyer, managing director of the War Finance Corp., snapped at the Riding and Hunt Club today on "Seewandda" an entry in the coming National Capital Horse LCCN93502868.jpg cropped 13 % horizontally, 33 % vertically using CropTool with ...
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