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  • Title: Catherine Caufield papers
    Date (inclusive): 1932-1996
    Collection Number: 2002C19
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 16 manuscript boxes (6.7 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter related to the World Bank and its effect on the economies of developing countries. Used as research material for the book by C. Caufield, Masters of Illusion: The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations (New York, 1996).
    Creator: Caufield, Catherine
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2002.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Catherine Caufield papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Biographical Note

    1981 Author, The Man Who Ate Bluebottles: And Other Great British Eccentrics
    1984 Author, In the Rainforest: Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World
    1989 Author, Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age
    1996 Author, Masters of Illusion: The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Catherine Caufield papers contain correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter related to the World Bank and its effect on the economies of developing countries.
    Catherine Caufield was a British author and journalist who served as an environmental correspondent for New Scientist. The collection consists of Caufield's research files for Masters of Illusion: The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations, a book which was critical of the World Bank. In addition to printed matter, correspondence, and Caufield's notes, the collection includes internal World Bank documents, such as memoranda and reports.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Economic assistance
    Developing countries
    World Bank