World Bank Group Timeline
World Bank Group launches Junior Professionals Recruitment and Development Program
World Bank Group launches the Junior Professionals Recruitment and Development Program to attract young, exceptionally bright, and highly educated professionals from all over the world to join its fight against poverty. The program represents a major shift in the Bank Group’s recruitment process, which up until 1962 only included recruitment of mid-career professionals.
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International Bank Notes, Vol. 17, No. 9
Document date: October 1963
An article titled "The Start of a New Program" on pages 3-6 introduces the new Junior Professional Recruitment and Training Program participants.
Bank's World, Vol. 1, No. 12
Document date: December 1982
Interviews with YPP administrators and a former YPP participant on pages 4-5 discuss the evolving role of the program.
The sixth group of Young Professionals
October 1966
Three members of this cohort are representing their respective countries for the first time: Jamaica, New Zealand, and Nicaragua (30000610; Credit: The World Bank).
Bank Notes, Vol. 2, No. 10
Document date: October 1973
A cover story looks back at the 10 year-old Young Professional Program.
Brochure -- Program to recruit university graduates for the World Bank Group
June 1964
The brochure provides an overview of both the World Bank Group and its new Junior Professional Recruitment Program; it also lists the individuals who have previously been appointed to the program (1317326).
Interview with Richard van Wagenen
Interview date: July 25, 1986
The interview describes the early days of the YPP and discusses its subsequent successes.
