La documentazione compresa in questa sezione è tratta dall'archivio della International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) ed è stata resa disponibile dall'autorizzazione alla consultazione datata, per la gran parte dei documenti, all'anno 2010.
La IBRD, meglio conosciuta come World Bank, era stata concepita nel luglio 1944 con il compito di sostenere i Paesi europei nell'opera di ricostruzione. Con l'avvento del Piano Marshall questa missione iniziale fu sostituita con l'obiettivo di promuovere lo sviluppo nelle aree economicamente arretrate, all'interno delle quali rientrava anche il Mezzogiorno d'Italia (per questa e per tutte le notizie riguardanti la Banca Mondiale e i prestiti erogati alla Cassa per il Mezzogiorno cfr. Amedeo Lepore, La Cassa per il Mezzogiorno e la Banca Mondiale: un modello per lo sviluppo economico italiano, Quaderni SVIMEZ - Numero speciale, Roma 2012).
La documentazione qui presentata è relativa ai rapporti che intercorsero tra la IBRD e le autorità italiane dall'istituzione della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno - avvenuta, per quanto concerne il suo finanziamento, con il concorso della IBRD - e il 1965, data degli ultimi documenti.
I documenti erano riservati a una circolazione interna (ciascun documento reca sul frontespizio la dicitura stampigliata: "This report is restricted to use within the bank", oltre alle indicazioni relative al numero della relazione, alla sua collocazione e alla data di pubblicazione) e riguardano le valutazioni dei presidenti e dei principali dipartimenti della IBRD sulla Cassa per il Mezzogiorno e sullo sviluppo economico del Sud, in particolare sui prestiti richiesti e sugli investimenti pubblici realizzati in Italia. I documenti sono presentati in ordine cronologico, distinti in tre sezioni:
- I rapporti interni di sintesi e valutazione su varie questioni attinenti il programma di sviluppo per l'Italia meridionale, la Cassa per il Mezzogiorno, lo svolgimento dell'attività di finanziamento e promozione della crescita nelle regioni meridionali, i progetti italiani per l'industria, l'irrigazione e l'energia;
- Le relazioni e le raccomandazioni del presidente della IBRD che informava in via riservata i direttori esecutivi della Banca sulle richieste della Cassa, sulle condizioni economiche dell'Italia, sui finanziamenti proposti per lo sviluppo delle aree del Sud, sull'impiego e sugli effetti dei prestiti
- I rapporti annuali al "Board of Governors" e altri documenti di carattere vario.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Loan Department, An appraisal of the
Development Program for South Italy, July 31, 1951.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Technical Operations Department, Public Utilities
Division, Italy. Cassa per il Mezzogiorno. Summary and Appraisal of Activities until June, September 28,
1953.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Technical Operations, Appraisal of
Italian Industrial, Irrigation and Power Projects, May 24, 1955.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Operations Europe, Africa and
Australasia, Cassa per il Mezzogiorno and the Economic Developmenti of Southern Italy. Summary and
Appraisal of Activities until June, may 20, 1955.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Technical Operations, Appraisal of
Italian Industrial, Irrigation and Power Projects, October 3, 1956.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Technical Operations, Appraisal of
Italian Industrial, Irrigation and Power Projects, February 19, 1958.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Operations Europe, Africa and
Australasia, Cassa per il Mezzogiorno and the Economic Developmenti of Southern Italy. Summary and
Appraisal of Activities until June, February 18, 1958.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Technical Operations, Appraisal of
Italian Industrial, Irrigation and Power Projects, March 26, 1959.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Department of Technical Operations, Appraisal of
the Senn Nuclear Power Plant, September 4, 1959.
RAPPORTI INTERNI IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Projects Department, The Development of
Southern Italy. The Cassa per il Mezzogiorno and the Three Special Credit Institutes, Isveimee, Irfis and Cis,
June 10, 1965.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to the Executive Directors on the Proposed Loan for the Development of Southern Italy, Octorber 5, 1951.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to
the Executive Directors on the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno Loan Application guaranteed by the Republic of
Italy, September 28, 1953.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to
the Executive Directors on the Loan Application of the Cassa per Opere Straordinarie di Pubblico Interesse
nell'Italia Meridionale (Cassa per il Mezzogiorno) guaranteed by the Republic of Italy, Maggio 24, 1955.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to
the Executive Directors on the Loan Application of the Cassa per Opere Straordinarie di Pubblico Interesse
nell'Italia Meridionale (Cassa per il Mezzogiorno) guaranteed by the Republic of Italy, October 3, 1956.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to
the Executive Directors Concerning a Proposed Loan for Southern Italy Development Projects, February 18,
1958.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Preliminary Report of the President to the
Executive Directors on a Proposed Loan for Southern Italy Development Projects, March 25, 1959.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to
the Executive Directors on a Proposed Loan of $ 20 Million to the Cassa for Development Projects in
Southern Italy, April 13, 1959.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Report and Recommendations of the President to
the Executive Directors on a Proposed Loan of $ 40 Million to the Cassa for the Construction of a Nuclear
Power Plant in Southern Italy, September 4, 1959.
RAPPORTI DEL PRESIDENTE IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Preliminary Report of the President to the
Executive Directors on a Proposed Loan to the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno for Industrial Financing in Southern
Italy, June 11, 1965.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sixth Annual Report to the Board of Governors, Washington (DC), 1950-1951.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Seventh Annual Report to the Board of Governors, Washington (DC), 1951-1952.
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minutes of the Twenty-ninth Special Meeting of the Executive Directors (Confidential), October 10, 1951.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Eight Annual Report to the Board of Governors, Washington (DC), 1952-1953.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ninth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1953-1954.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Departments of Operations Europe, Africa and Australasia, Creditworthiness of Italy, September 28, 1953.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minutes of the Sixty-second Special Meeting of the Executive Directors (Confidential), October 6, 1953.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Tenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1954-1955.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Tenth Annual Report. Appendices, Washington (DC), 1954-1955.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Eleventh Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1955-1956.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minutes of the Ninety-third Special Meeting of the Executive Directors (Confidential), May 31, 1955.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Twelfth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1956-1957.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Thirteenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1957-1958.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Departments of Operations Europe, Africa and Australasia, The Economy of Italy, July 16, 1957.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Departments of Operations Europe, Africa and Australasia, Public Investments of Italy, July 16, 1957.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Fourteenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1958-1959.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Fifteenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1959-1960.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Departments of Operations Europe, Africa and Australasia, Current Economic Positions and Prospects of Italy, April 13, 1959.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sixteenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1960-1961.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Seventeenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1961-1962.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Eighteenth Annual Report, Washington (DC), 1962-1963.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association, Annual Report, 1964-1965.
ALTRI DOCUMENTI
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Departments of Operations Europe, The Situation and Prospects of the Italian Economy. Report of a Mission to Italy (May-July and November 1964), December 23, 1964.